Null cones and Einstein's equations in Minkowski spacetime

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-238

  Pitts, J Brian ^a,b,c   Schieve, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimetric; Causality; Field formulation; Null cones; Spin 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542290674     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FOOP.0000019582.44548.6a     Document Type: Article

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