Perennials and the group-theoretical quantization of a parametrized scalar field on a curved background

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3522-3538

  Hajicek P ^a   Isham, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030539905     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.531579     Document Type: Article

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