Peccei-Quinn mechanism in gravity and the nature of the Barbero-Immirzi parameter

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Mercuri, Simone ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BARBERO-IMMIRZI PARAMETER;

EID: 70349529938     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.081302     Document Type: Article

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