Topology, quantum gravity and particle physics

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/4/009MaRDI QIDQ4340974zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Toon

Publication date 8 December 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9606006

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitytopological quantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

Abstract: It is argued that quantum gravity has an interpretation as a topological field theory provided a certain constraint from the path intergral measure is respected. The constraint forces us to couple gauge and matter fields to gravity for space - time dimensions different from 3. We then discuss possible models which may be relevant to our universe.

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