How unique is the expected stress-energy tensor of a massive scalar field?

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1998, Pages

  Tichy, Wolfgang ^a   Flanagan, ÉannaÉ ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0000150226     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.124007     Document Type: Article

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