JP Journal of Geometry and Topology
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 65 - 72
(February 2019) http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/GT022010065 |
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A SPECIAL FORM OF THE PATH INTEGRAL FOR THE MASTER CONSTRAINT OF LOOP QUANTUM GRAVITY
Patrick Linker and Cenap Ozel
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Abstract: Spin-foams are topological structures that arise frequently in physical theories like loop quantum gravity. These structures are used to compute transition amplitudes. This paper shows a form of the path integral that can be used to calculate spin-foam amplitudes. This path integral is based upon the master constraint of loop quantum gravity. Several mathematical aspects of the path integral are treated in this paper. |
Keywords and phrases: spin-foams, path integrals, loop quantum gravity, point-free topology.
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