Clifford space as a generalization of spacetime: Prospects for QFT of point particles and strings

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1617-1642

  Pavšič, Matej ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Clifford algebra; Quantum field theory; Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844443209     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-005-6485-x     Document Type: Article

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