LQG propagator from the new spin foams

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 822, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 245-269

  Bianchi, Eugenio ^a   Magliaro, Elena ^a,b   Perini, Claudio ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 69249162856     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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