Spacetime as a Fundamental and Inalienable Structure of Fields

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-215

  Auyang, Sunny Y ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bundle; Field Ontology; Gauge Field Theory; Individuation; Spacetime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041335210     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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