Minimal spatio-temporal extent of events, neutrinos, and the cosmological constant Problem

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2151-2165

  Ahluwalia Khalilova, D V ^a,b  

^a Ashram for the Studies of the Glass Bead Game (ASGBG)   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cosmological constant; Generalized uncertainty relations; Stabilized Poincar Heisenberg algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644436323     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271805008030     Document Type: Article

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