Generalized Hartle-Hawking initial state: Quantum field theory on Einstein conifolds

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Schleich, Kristin ^a   Witt, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 17044366356     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.064013     Document Type: Article

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