The operator product expansion for perturbative quantum field theory in curved spacetime

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-36

  Hollands, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 34248586538     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0230-6     Document Type: Article

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