Taming the cosmological constant in 2D causal quantum gravity with topology change

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 751, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-435

  Loll, R ^a   Westra, W ^a   Zohren, S ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33746726514     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.06.033     Document Type: Article

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