Tests of the universality of free fall for strongly self-gravitating bodies with radio pulsars

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Freire, Paulo C C ^a   Kramer, Michael ^a   Wex, Norbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

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EID: 84865088156     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/18/184007     Document Type: Review

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