A spin foam model without bubble divergences

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 599, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 255-282

  Perez, Alejandro ^a,b   Rovelli, Carlo ^a,b  

^a Ctr de Phys Theor de Luminy   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0035795276     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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