Completeness of Wilson loop functionals on the moduli space of SL(2,C) and SU(1,1) connections

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/10/6/002MaRDI QIDQ3135972zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski

Publication date 21 September 1993

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9304044

zbMATH Keywords

Wilson loop functionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27) Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals (58E15)

Abstract: The structure of the moduli spaces $M:=A/G$ of (all, not just flat) $SL(2,C)$ and $SU(1,1)$ connections on a n-manifold is analysed. For any topology on the corresponding spaces $A$ of all connections which satisfies the weak requirement of compatibility with the affine structure of $A$, the moduli space $M$ is shown to be non-Hausdorff. It is then shown that the Wilson loop functionals --i.e., the traces of holonomies of connections around closed loops-- are complete in the sense that they suffice to separate all separable points of $M$. The methods are general enough to allow the underlying n-manifold to be topologically non-trivial and for connections to be defined on non-trivial bundles. The results have implications for canonical quantum general relativity in 4 and 3 dimensions.

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