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Lessons for loop quantum gravity from emergent modified gravity
- Award ID(s):
- 2206591
- PAR ID:
- 10584805
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Physical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Volume:
- 111
- Issue:
- 8
- ISSN:
- 2470-0010; PRVDAQ
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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