Hidden quantum gravity in 4D Feynman diagrams: Emergence of spin foams

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2027-2060

  Baratin, Aristide ^a,b   Freidel, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 34047211307     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/8/007     Document Type: Article

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