Investigating the ultraviolet properties of gravity with a Wilsonian renormalization group equation

Annals of Physics

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 414-469

  Codello, Alessandro ^a   Percacci, Roberto ^b,c,d   Rahmede, Christoph ^c,d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quantum gravity; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849101554     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: 1096035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2008.08.008     Document Type: Review

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