A note on B-observables in Ponzano-Regge 3D quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Livine, Etera R ^a   Ryan, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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EID: 68949161977     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/3/035013     Document Type: Article

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