Geometric modular action and spacetime symmetry groups

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 475-560

  Buchholz, Detlev ^a   Dreyer, Olaf ^b   Florig, Martin ^c   Summers, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0034399272     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X00000174     Document Type: Article

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