Quantum nature of the big bang: An analytical and numerical investigation

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Ashtekar, Abhay ^a,b,c   Pawlowski, Tomasz ^a   Singh, Parampreet ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c ISAAC NEWTON INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745542264     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.124038     Document Type: Article

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