Nonperturbative solutions for canonical quantum gravity: An overview

Physics Report

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 271-348

  Ezawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ashtekar's formalism; BF theory; Spin network states; Topological field theory; Wheeler De Witt equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031188059     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(96)00051-8     Document Type: Review

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