On (cosmological) singularity avoidance in loop quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1395-1427

  Brunnemann, J ^a,b   Thiemann, T ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 33244486753     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/5/001     Document Type: Article

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