Curvature singularities: The good, the bad, and the naked

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-745

  Gubser, Steven S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551490570     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.2000.v4.n3.a6     Document Type: Article

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