New tests of local Lorentz invariance of gravity with small-eccentricity binary pulsars

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Shao, Lijing ^a,b   Wex, Norbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84867658955     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/21/215018     Document Type: Article

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