Four-dimensional quantum gravity with a cosmological constant from three-dimensional holomorphic blocks

DOI10.1016/j.physletb.2015.11.058zbMath1360.83052arXiv1509.00458OpenAlexW1909273331MaRDI QIDQ525330

Hal M. Haggard, Muxin Han, Aldo Riello, Wojciech Kamiński

Publication date: 3 May 2017

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.00458

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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