A string field theory based on causal dynamical triangulations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ambjørn, Janørn ^a,b   Loll, Renate ^b   Watabiki, Yoshiyuki ^c   Westra, Willem ^d   Zohren, Stefan ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D gravity; Lattice models of gravity; Models of quantum gravity; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249091355     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/032     Document Type: Article

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