Quantum Singularity in Quasiregular Spacetimes, as Indicated by Klein-Gordon, Maxwell and Dirac Fields

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-96

  Helliwell, T M ^a   Konkowski, D A ^b   Arndt, V ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocations; Essentially self adjoint; Quantum singularities; Quasiregular singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346830272     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021307012363     Document Type: Article

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