Anomaly-free formulation of non-perturbative, four-dimensional Lorentzian quantum gravity

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 380, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 257-264

  Thiemann, T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Euclidean hamiltonian; Four dimensional quantum gravity; Generator of the wick rotation; Lorentzian; Wheeler DeWitt constraint

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000856078     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(96)00532-1     Document Type: Article

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