Can one tell Einstein's unimodular theory from Einstein's general relativity?

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 15-29

  Álvarez, Enrique ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; Classical Theories of Gravity; Models of Quantum Gravity; Space Time Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344451528     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/002     Document Type: Article

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