Thermodynamical aspects of gravity: New insights

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Padmanabhan, T ^a  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

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EID: 77950195203     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/73/4/046901     Document Type: Article

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