Crumpled triangulations and critical points in 4D simplicial quantum gravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 542, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 349-394

  Ambjorn J ^a   Carfora, M ^b   Gabrielli, D ^c   Marzuoli, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical phenomena in quantum gravity; Simplicial methods in quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033535281     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00830-X     Document Type: Article

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