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Covariance of the extended holonomy

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-08-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

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.

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@article{arxiv.1907.13213,
  title  = {Covariance of the extended holonomy},
  author = {Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin and Aureliano Skirzewski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.13213},
  year   = {2019}
}

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12 pages, RevTex, no figures