Spacelike distance from discrete causal order

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Rideout, David ^a   Wallden, Petros ^b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 70349492168     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/15/155013     Document Type: Article

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