Quantization of diffeomorphism-invariant theories with fermions

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1251-1271

  Baez, John C ^a   Krasnov, Kirill V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

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EID: 0032347659     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532400     Document Type: Article

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