The GBAR experiment: Gravitational behaviour of antihydrogen at rest

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Perez, P ^a   Sacquin, Y ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 84865063017     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/18/184008     Document Type: Review

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