On the instability of 3d null singularities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 395-401

  Lawrence, Albion ^a,b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Holes; Black Holes in String Theory; Conformal Field Models in String Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044488574     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/11/019     Document Type: Article

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