On 't Hooft's S-matrix Ansatz for quantum black holes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 695-716

  Arcioni, Giovanni ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black Holes; Models of Quantum Gravity

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EID: 23044460003     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/032     Document Type: Article

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