Large-scale nonlocality in "doubly special relativity" with an energy-dependent speed of light

JETP Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 431-435

  Schutzhold R ^a   Unruh, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 20444470349     PISSN: 00213640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/1.1633311     Document Type: Article

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