(Broken) Gauge symmetries and constraints in Regge calculus

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Bahr, Benjamin ^a,b   Dittrich, Bianca ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70449698083     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/22/225011     Document Type: Article

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