Stability, causality, and Lorentz and [Formula Presented] violation

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 19-

  Kostelecký, V Alan ^a   Lehnert, Ralf ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85037874319     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.065008     Document Type: Article

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