The "tetrad only" theory space: Nonperturbative renormalization flow and asymptotic safety

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Harst, U ^a   Reuter, M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Models of Quantum Gravity; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861868379     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2012)005     Document Type: Article

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