How many quanta are there in a quantum spacetime?

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/16/165019zbMATH Open1327.83105arXiv1404.1750OpenAlexW3099563161MaRDI QIDQ3453607FDOQ3453607

Authors: S. Ariwahjoedi, J. S. Kosasih, F. P. Zen, Carlo Rovelli 

Publication date: 27 November 2015

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

Abstract: Following earlier insights by Livine and Terno, we develop a technique for describing quantum states of the gravitational field in terms of coarse grained spin networks. We show that the number of nodes and links and the values of the spin depend on the observables chosen for the description of the state. Hence the question in the title of this paper is ill posed, unless further information about what is been measured is given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.1750

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zbMATH Keywords

spin networkscoarse grainingquanta of space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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