2d manifold-independent spinfoam theory

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4425-4445

  Livine, Etera R ^a,b   Perez, Alejandro ^a,c   Rovelli, Carlo ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0242382536     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/20/308     Document Type: Article

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