Action principle formulation for the motion of extended bodies in general relativity

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Anandan, Jeeva ^a   Dadhich, Naresh ^b   Singh, Parampreet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

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EID: 0842347631     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.124014     Document Type: Article

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