Simplifying the spectral analysis of the volume operator

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 500, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 405-420

  Loll, R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canonical quantum gravity; Determinant of the metric; Lattice gravity; Octagonal group; Volume operator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031234455     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00334-9     Document Type: Article

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