Cosmological topologically massive gravitons and photons

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Carlip, S ^a   Deser, S ^b,c   Waldron, A ^a   Wise, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65549111943     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/7/075008     Document Type: Article

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