Spin foam perturbation theory for three-dimensional quantum gravity

DOI10.1007/s00220-009-0776-6zbMath1175.83032arXiv0804.2811OpenAlexW3105928205WikidataQ57602576 ScholiaQ57602576MaRDI QIDQ842477

Aleksandar Miković, João Faria Martins

Publication date: 25 September 2009

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2811

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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