Path integral representation of spin foam models of 4D gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Conrady, Florian ^a   Freidel, Laurent ^a  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 67649755998     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245010     Document Type: Article

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