Events and observables in generally invariant spacetime theories

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 908-915

  Westman, Hans ^a   Sonego, Sebastiano ^b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Events; General covariance; Hole argument; Observables; Spacetime

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349122764     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-008-9235-z     Document Type: Article

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