A local-to-global singularity theorem for quantum field theory on curved space-time

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Radzikowski, Marek J ^a,b,d   Verch, Rainer ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030517763     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02101180     Document Type: Article

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