Spectra of length and area in (2 + 1) Lorentzian loop quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1463-1478

  Freidel, Laurent ^a,b   Livine, Etera R ^c   Rovelli, Carlo ^c,d  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Ctr de Phys Theorique de CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

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EID: 0037279440     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/8/304     Document Type: Article

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