On the stability of gravity in the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field

@article{Abramo2002OnTS,
  title={On the stability of gravity in the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field},
  author={L. Raul Abramo and L{\'e}on Brenig and Edgard Gunzig},
  journal={Physics Letters B},
  year={2002},
  volume={549},
  pages={13-19}
}
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