Ponzano-Regge model revisited: I. Gauge fixing, observables and interacting spinning particles

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5685-5726

  Freidel, Laurent ^a,b   Louapre, David ^b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 10844256517     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/24/002     Document Type: Article

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