GBAR: Gravitational behavior of antihydrogen at rest

Hyperfine Interactions

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 51-59

  Debu, Pascal ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Antihydrogen; Antimatter; Gravitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869865733     PISSN: 03043843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10751-011-0379-4     Document Type: Article

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