Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity
Mathematical Physics
2011-04-11 v1 math.MP
Abstract
The purpose of this contribution is to give an introduction to quantum geometry and loop quantum gravity for a wide audience of both physicists and mathematicians. From a physical point of view the emphasis will be on conceptual issues concerning the relationship of the formalism with other more traditional approaches inspired in the treatment of the fundamental interactions in the standard model. Mathematically I will pay special attention to functional analytic issues, the construction of the relevant Hilbert spaces and the definition and properties of geometric operators: areas and volumes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0804.3726,
title = {Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity},
author = {J. Fernando Barbero G.},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.3726},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
To appear in the AIP Conference Proceedings of the XVI International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Lisbon - Portugal, 5-8 September 2007