Reduced phase space: Quotienting procedure for gauge theories

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-430

  Pons, J M ^a   Salisbury, D C ^b   Shepley, L C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology   (United States)

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EID: 0033555105     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/32/2/015     Document Type: Article

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