Area-angle variables for general relativity

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dittrich, Bianca ^a   Speziale, Simone ^a  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PHYSICS; RELATIVITY;

ANGLE VARIABLES; GENERAL RELATIVITY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; REGGE CALCULUS; RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLDS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 49349091774     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/8/083006     Document Type: Article

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