Unification of gravity, gauge fields and Higgs bosons

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 43, Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Lisi, A Garrett ^a   Smolin, Lee ^b   Speziale, Simone ^c  

^a Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics ^*  (United States)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

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EID: 78649657566     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/44/445401     Document Type: Article

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