A singular conformal spacetime

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1042-1056

  Aldrovandi, R ^a   Beltran Almeida J P ^a   Pereira, J G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conformal transformations; Cosmological term; Group contractions

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944436946     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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