Quantum gravity in large dimensions

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Hamber, Herbert W ^a   Williams, Ruth M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644522386     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.044031     Document Type: Article

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