A new class of group field theories for first order discrete quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Oriti, D ^a   Tlas, T ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43049120316     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/8/085011     Document Type: Article

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