Quantum gravity and higher curvature actions

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-52

  Bojowald, Martin ^a   Skirzewski, Aureliano ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective equations; Higher curvature actions; Quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847795558     PISSN: 02198878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219887807001941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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