Stability of closed timelike curves in a Galileon model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Evslin, Jarah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Classical Theories of Gravity; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Space time Singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859556159     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2012)009     Document Type: Article

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