On gravitational defects, particles and strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Fairbairn, Winston J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classical theories of gravity; Models of quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149280599     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/126     Document Type: Article

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