Coordinates, observables and symmetry in relativity

Annals of Physics

Volumn 324, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1585-1611

  Westman, Hans ^a   Sonego, Sebastiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Events; General covariance; Hole argument; Observables; Relativity principles; Spacetime; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649343918     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: 1096035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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