Loop and path spaces and four-dimensional BF theories: Connections, holonomies and observables

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-524

  Cattaneo, Alberto S ^a   Cotta Ramusino, Paolo ^a   Rinaldi, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0033245369     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050655     Document Type: Article

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