Subluminal galilean genesis

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Creminelli, Paolo ^a   Hinterbichler, Kurt ^b,c   Khoury, Justin ^b   Nicolis, Alberto ^d   Trincherini, Enrico ^e,f  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical Theories of Gravity; Conformal and W Symmetry; Space Time Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873636631     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2013)006     Document Type: Article

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