Dynamics of a scalar field in a polymer-like representation

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2741-2760

  Han, Muxin ^a,b   Ma, Yongge ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645082668     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/7/031     Document Type: Article

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