On the space-time curvature experienced by quasiparticle excitations in the Painlevé-Gullstrand effective geometry

Annals of Physics

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-39

  Fischer, Uwe R ^a   Visser, Matt ^b,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0037356502     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4916(03)00011-3     Document Type: Review

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