3D spinfoam quantum gravity: Matter as a phase of the group field theory

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5277-5297

  Fairbairn, Winston J ^a   Livine, Etera R ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

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EID: 36349016182     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/20/021     Document Type: Article

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