The spin-foam approach to quantum gravity
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DOI10.12942/LRR-2013-3zbMATH Open1320.83008arXiv1205.2019OpenAlexW1965001977WikidataQ38970937 ScholiaQ38970937MaRDI QIDQ2353447FDOQ2353447
Authors: A. Perez 
Publication date: 14 July 2015
Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: This article reviews the present status of the spin foam approach to the quantization of gravity. Special attention is payed to the pedagogical presentation of the recently introduced new models for four dimensional quantum gravity. The models are motivated by a suitable implementation of the path integral quantization of the Plebanski formulation of gravity on a simplicial regularization. The article also includes a self-contained treatment of the 2+1 gravity. The simple nature of the latter provides the basis and a perspective for the analysis of both conceptual and technical issues that remain open in four dimensions.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2019
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