Group field theory: an overview

DOI10.1007/s10773-005-8894-1zbMath1100.83010arXivhep-th/0505016OpenAlexW3100843268MaRDI QIDQ2506044

Laurent Freidel

Publication date: 28 September 2006

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0505016

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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