Weak equivalence principle from a spontaneously broken gauge theory of gravity

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 702, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 187-190

  Mielke, Eckehard W ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BF scheme; Equivalence principle; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Topological gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960956886     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.06.077     Document Type: Article

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