U( N ) tools for loop quantum gravity: the return of the spinor

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/5/055005zbMath1211.83013arXiv1010.5451WikidataQ64007786 ScholiaQ64007786MaRDI QIDQ5390528

Iñaki Garay, Enrique F. Borja, Etera R. Livine, Laurent Freidel

Publication date: 4 April 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5451

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T20: Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83C60: Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism

53C29: Issues of holonomy in differential geometry

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