Nonperturbative sum over topologies in 2D Lorentzian quantum gravity

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 861, Issue , 2006, Pages 391-397

  Loll, R ^a   Westra, W ^a   Zohren, S ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal dynamical triangulations; Cosmological constant; Sum over topologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956704518     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2399601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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