Loop and spin foam quantum gravity: A brief guide for beginners

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 721, Issue , 2007, Pages 151-184

  Nicolai, Hermann ^a   Peeters, Kasper ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 34848908327     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71117-9_9     Document Type: Article

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