Weaving a classical metric with quantum threads

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.69.237zbMath0968.83510arXivhep-th/9203079WikidataQ74518343 ScholiaQ74518343MaRDI QIDQ4492029

Abhay Ashtekar, Lee Smolin, Carlo Rovelli

Publication date: 16 July 2000

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Results that illuminate the physical interpretation of states of nonperturbative quantum gravity are obtained using the recently introduced loop variables. It is shown that: i) While local operators such as the metric at a point may not be well-defined, there do exist {it non-local} operators, such as the area of a given 2-surface, which can be regulated diffeomorphism invariantly and which are finite {it without} renormalization; ii)there exist quantum states which approximate a given flat geometry at large scales, but such states exhibit a discrete structure at the Planck scale; iii) these results are tied together by the fact that the spectra of the operators that measure the areas of surfaces are quantized in integral units of the Planck area.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9203079

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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• Ashtekar formulation of general relativity and loop-space nonperturbative quantum gravity: a report
• Space-Time Code

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