Quantum geometry and its implications for black holes

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1545-1559

  Bojowald, Martin ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black holes; Horizons; Quantum gravity; Singularities; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750464978     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271806008942     Document Type: Article

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