Covariance of the extended holonomy

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABC667zbMATH Open1479.83085arXiv1907.13213OpenAlexW3097737858MaRDI QIDQ5162486FDOQ5162486

Authors: Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin, Aureliano Skirzewski 

Publication date: 2 November 2021

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

Abstract: It has been pointed out that the holonomy of generic extended loops is not gauge covariant. We show how to define a family of extended loops for which previous criticism does not apply. We also give sufficient conditions that extended loops must satisfy in order to yield covariant holonomies. This makes a quantum representation for Yang--Mills theories and gravity based on extended loops viable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.13213

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zbMATH Keywords

holonomyloop quantum gravityextended loops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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