Gupta-Bleuler quantization for minimally coupled scalar fields in de Sitter space

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1415-1434

  Gazeau, J P ^a   Renaud, J ^a   Takook, M V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 0034341262     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/17/6/307     Document Type: Article

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