Testing the master constraint programme for loop quantum gravity: I. General framework

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1025-1065

  Dittrich, B ^a   Thiemann, T ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 32344435173     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/4/001     Document Type: Article

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