Topspin networks in loop quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/20/205015MaRDI QIDQ3143947zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors C. L. Duston

Publication date 6 December 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1252

zbMATH Keywords

cylindrical functionHilbert spaceloop quantum gravitytopspin network

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological characterizations of particular spaces (54F65) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Measures of information, entropy (94A17)

Abstract: We discuss the extension of loop quantum gravity to topspin networks, a proposal which allows topological information to be encoded in spin networks. We will show that this requires minimal changes to the phase space, C*-algebra and Hilbert space of cylindrical functions. We will also discuss the area and Hamiltonian operators, and show how they depend on the topology. This extends the idea of "background independence" in loop quantum gravity to include topology as well as geometry. It is hoped this work will confirm the usefulness of the topspin network formalism and open up several new avenues for research into quantum gravity.

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