Barrett-Crane model from a Boulatov-Ooguri field theory over a homogeneous space

@article{Pietri1999BarrettCraneMF,
  title={Barrett-Crane model from a Boulatov-Ooguri field theory over a homogeneous space},
  author={Roberto De Pietri and Laurent Freidel and Kirill Krasnov and Carlo Rovelli},
  journal={Nuclear Physics},
  year={1999},
  volume={574},
  pages={785-806}
}
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