Loop quantum cosmology

Living Reviews in Relativity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bojowald, Martin ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84942866701     PISSN: 23673613     EISSN: 14338351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lrr-2005-11     Document Type: Article

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