Linear response, validity of semiclassical gravity, and the stability of flat space

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Mottola, Emil ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VACUUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037438164     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.024026     Document Type: Article

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