Partial and complete observables for Hamiltonian constrained systems

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1891-1927

  Dittrich, B ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 35348954729     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-007-0495-2     Document Type: Article

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