Null dust in canonical gravity

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4878-4895

  Bičák, Jiřı ´ ^a   Kuchař, Karel V ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0039052700     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.56.4878     Document Type: Article

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