Quantum symmetry, the cosmological constant and Planck-scale phenomenology

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3095-3110

  Amelino Camelia, Giovanni ^a,b   Smolin, Lee ^b,c   Starodubtsev, Artem ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 3142580415     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/13/002     Document Type: Article

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