Outline of a generally covariant quantum field theory and a quantum theory of gravity

DOI10.1063/1.531255zbMath0842.53063arXivgr-qc/9503067OpenAlexW1996765162MaRDI QIDQ4871952

Carlo Rovelli

Publication date: 28 July 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9503067

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityloop representationgeneral covariancediffeomorphism invarianceminimally coupled scalar field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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