Gauge invariance in simplicial gravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 487, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 345-408

  Hamber, Herbert W ^a,b   Williams, Ruth M ^a,c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DAMTP   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031550703     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)87467-6     Document Type: Article

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