Alternative actions for quantum gravity and intrinsic rigidity of space-time

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 486, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 390-412

  Ambjorn J ^a   Savvidy, G K ^a,c   Savvidy, K G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Integral invariants; Membranes; Rigidity of space time; Simplicial gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031575434     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00660-8     Document Type: Article

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