On the long standing issue of an Rφ2 coupling between gravity and a massless free scalar field

Progress of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Accioly, A J ^a   Aldrovandi, R ^a   Novaes, S F ^a   Spehler, D ^a,b   Mukai, H ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0039176220     PISSN: 0033068X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/PTP.97.121     Document Type: Article

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