Flipped spinfoam vertex and loop gravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 798, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 251-290

  Engle, Jonathan ^a   Pereira, Roberto ^a   Rovelli, Carlo ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 41949090699     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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