Singularities and quantum gravity

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 910, Issue , 2007, Pages 294-333

  Bojowald, Martin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General relativity; Quantum cosmology; Quantum gravity; Singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548848539     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2752483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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