Must quantum spacetimes be Euclidean?

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Pinto Neto, N ^a   Santini, E Sergio ^a  

^a CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84866255849     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.123517     Document Type: Article

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