The Phoenix Project: Master constraint programme for loop quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2211-2247

  Thiemann, T ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 33645074936     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/7/002     Document Type: Article

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