Spin-foams for all loop quantum gravity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Kamiński, Wojciech ^a   Kisielowski, Marcin ^a   Lewandowski, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950574995     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/9/095006     Document Type: Article

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