Chern-Simons formulation of three-dimensional gravity with torsion and nonmetricity

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2523-2543

  Cacciatori, Sergio L ^a,b   Caldarelli, Marco M ^a,b   Giacomini, Alex ^a,b   Klemm, Dietmar ^a,b   Mansi, Diego S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chern Simons theories; Differential geometry; Models of quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746921314     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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