Quantum spin dynamics (QSD): VI. Quantum Poincaré algebra and a quantum positivity of energy theorem for canonical quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1463-1485

  Thiemann, T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 0032364316     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/15/6/005     Document Type: Article

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