Loop quantum cosmology

Living Reviews in Relativity

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bojowald, Martin ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 47649083740     PISSN: 14338351     EISSN: 14338351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrr-2008-4     Document Type: Review

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