Can spacetime be a condensate?

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1785-1806

  Hu, B L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

BEC; Condensate; Cosmology; General relativity; Hydrodynamics; Kinetic theory; Quantum gravity; Quantum classical; Spacetime; Stochastic; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244441716     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: 15729575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10773-005-8895-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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