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On the area operators of the Husain-Kuchar-Rovelli model and Canonical/Loop Quantum Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

I investigate the relation between an operative definition of the area of a surface specified by matter fields and the area operators recently introduced in the canonical/loop approach to Quantum Gravity and in Rovelli's variant of the Husain-Kuchar Quantum-Gravity toy model. The results suggest that the discreteness of the spectra of the area operators might not be observable.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9804063,
  title  = {On the area operators of the Husain-Kuchar-Rovelli model and Canonical/Loop Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Giovanni Amelino-Camelia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9804063},
  year   = {2009}
}

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