Fractal space signatures in quantum physics and cosmology - I. Space, time, matter, fields and gravitation

Chaos, solitons and fractals

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1671-1719

  Argyris, J ^a   Ciubotariu, C I ^b   Weingaertner, W E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

COSMOLOGY; FRACTAL SPACE-TIME (FST) THEORY;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0033745840     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(99)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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