Non-divergence of gravitational self interactions for Nambu-Goto strings

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 430, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Carter, Brandon ^a   Battye, Richard A ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0348195713     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00496-1     Document Type: Article

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