The local potential approximation in quantum gravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Benedetti, Dario ^a   Caravelli, Francesco ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Models of quantum gravity; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864340741     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)017     Document Type: Article

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