Semiclassical regime of Regge calculus and spin foams

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 808, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-568

  Bianchi, Eugenio ^a,b   Satz, Alejandro ^c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56249148829     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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