Consistency check on volume and triad operator quantization in loop quantum gravity: I

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5667-5691

  Giesel, K ^a   Thiemann, T ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 33748101073     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/18/011     Document Type: Article

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