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Title: Ghost Instabilities in Self-Interacting Vector Fields: The Problem with Proca Fields
Award ID(s):
2004879 2110416
PAR ID:
10405323
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Volume:
129
Issue:
15
ISSN:
0031-9007
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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