Bounds on length scales of classical spacetime foam models

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bernadotte, S ^a   Klinkhamer, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 33846513360     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.024028     Document Type: Article

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