Quantum Einstein gravity as a topological field theory

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/11/12/011MaRDI QIDQ4763709zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Toon

Publication date 18 April 1995

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9310003

zbMATH Keywords

topological quantum field theoryEinstein gravityBRST invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

Abstract: General covariance in quantum gravity is seen once one integrates over all possible metrics. In recent years topological field theories have given us a different route to general covariance without integrating over all possible metrics. Here we argue that Einstein quantum gravity may be viewed as a topological field theory provided a certain constrant from the path integral measure is satisfied.

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