Towards a loop representation for quantum canonical supergravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 615-631

  Armand Ugon, Daniel ^a   Gambini, Rodolfo ^a   Obregón, Octavio ^b,c   Pullin, Jorge ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ashtekar variables; Kauffman polynomial; Knot theory; Supergravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030580767     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(95)00582-X     Document Type: Article

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