The spin-foam approach to quantum gravity

DOI10.12942/lrr-2013-3zbMath1320.83008arXiv1205.2019OpenAlexW1965001977WikidataQ38970937 ScholiaQ38970937MaRDI QIDQ2353447

Alejandro Perez

Publication date: 14 July 2015

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2019

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitypath integral quantizationspin-foamPlebanski formulation of gravitysimplicial regularization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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