On the expansion of a quantum field theory around a topological sector

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-178

  Rovelli, Carlo ^a,c   Speziale, Simone ^b,c  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

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EID: 33846545113     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-006-0378-y     Document Type: Article

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