Flux formulation of loop quantum gravity: classical framework

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/13/135016zbMath1327.83111arXiv1412.3752OpenAlexW3103246284MaRDI QIDQ3447547

Marc Geiller, Bianca Dittrich

Publication date: 27 October 2015

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.3752

zbMATH Keywords

vacuumloop quantum gravityspin foams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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