On the existence of horizons in spacetimes with vanishing curvature invariants

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1065-1072

  Senovilla, José M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black Holes in String Theory; Classical Theories of Gravity; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Space Time Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044455771     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/11/046     Document Type: Article

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