Fractal spacetime structure in asymptotically safe gravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1275-1290

  Lauscher, Oliver ^a   Reuter, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Models of Quantum Gravity; Nonperturbative Effects; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544508835     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/10/050     Document Type: Article

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