Generally covariant theories: The Noether obstruction for realizing certain space-time diffeomorphisms in phase space

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3279-3294

  Pons, Josep M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242360738     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/15/301     Document Type: Article

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