Abelian BF-theory and spherically symmetric electromagnetism

DOI10.1063/1.533344zbMath0973.81072arXivhep-th/9908170MaRDI QIDQ2738042

Martin Bojowald

Publication date: 30 August 2001

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9908170

zbMATH Keywords

boundary conditions; quantum symmetry reduction; four spacetime dimensions; reduced phase space quantization; spin network quantization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T10: Model quantum field theories

81V10: Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics

83C27: Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory

83C50: Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory

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