The Spin Foam Approach to Quantum Gravity
by Alejandro Perez
Publisher: arXiv 2012
Number of pages: 121
Description:
This article reviews the present status of the spin foam approach to the quantization of gravity. Special attention is payed to the pedagogical presentation of the recently introduced new models for four dimensional quantum gravity.
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