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Matter wave explorer of gravity (MWXG)

Wolfgang A. Ertmer, C. Schubert, Thijs Wendrich, Michael Gilowski, M. Zaiser, Tim van Zoest, Ernst Maria Rasel, Ch. J. Bordé, Andr Clairon, Arnaud Landragin, Phillipe Laurent, P. Lemonde, Giorgio Santarelli, Wolfgang P. Schleich, F. S. Cataliotti, M. Inguscio, N. Poli, Fiodor Sorrentino, C. Modugno, Guglielmo Maria Tino, Patrick Robert Gill, Hugh A. Klein, Helen S. Margolis, Serge Reynaud, Ch Salomon, Astrid Lambrecht, E. Peik, C. Jentsch, Ulrich A. Johann, Andreas Rathke, Philippe Bouyer, L. Cacciapuoti, Paolo De Natale, Bruno Christophe, B. Foulon, Pierre Touboul, Lute Maleki, Nan Yu, Slava G. Turyshev, John David Anderson, Ferdinand Schmidt‐Kaler, R. Walser, J. Vigué, M Büchner, Marie-Christine Angonin, Pacôme Delva, P. Tourrenc, R. Bingham, B. Kent, Andreas Wicht, L. J. Wang, Kai Bongs, H. Dittus, Cláus Lämmerzahl, Stephan Theil, K. Sengstock, Achim Peters, T. Müller, Markus Arndt, LUCIANO IESS, F. Bondu, Alain Brillet, Étienne Samain, Maria Luisa Chiofalo, Filippo Levi, Davide Calonico

Published Dec 16, 2008• 36 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9125-6

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