The Chern-Simons invariant as the natural time variable for classical and quantum cosmology.

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00222-EzbMath1076.83512arXivgr-qc/9405015OpenAlexW3104476398MaRDI QIDQ1571699

Lee Smolin, Chopin Soo

Publication date: 11 July 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9405015

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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