1 + 1 sector of 3 + 1 gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/8/003zbMATH Open0858.53073arXivgr-qc/9604003OpenAlexW3122358208MaRDI QIDQ4894010FDOQ4894010

Authors: Ted Jacobson 

Publication date: 10 March 1997

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

Abstract: The rank--1 sector of classical Ashtekar gravity is considered, motivated by the degeneracy of the metric along the Wilson lines in quantum loop states. It is found that the lines behave like 1+1 dimensional spacetimes with a pair of massless complex fields propagating along them. The inclusion of matter and extension to supergravity are also considered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9604003

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zbMATH Keywords

holonomysupergravityWilson linesmassless Dirac fieldsAshtekar gravitycongruence of closed loopsquantum loop states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Supergravity (83E50)

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