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SIGMA, 2012 Volume 8, 010, 26 pp. (Mi sigma687)

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Matter in loop quantum gravity

Ghanashyam Datea, Golam Mortuza Hossainb

a The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Chennai, 600 113, India
b Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, Nadia - 741 252, WB, India

Abstract: Loop quantum gravity, a non-perturbative and manifestly background free, quantum theory of gravity implies that at the kinematical level the spatial geometry is discrete in a specific sense. The spirit of background independence also requires a non-standard quantum representation of matter. While loop quantization of standard model fields has been proposed, detail study of its implications is not yet available. This review aims to survey the various efforts and results.

Keywords: loop quantization, loop quantum gravity, matter in loop quantum gravity.

MSC: 83C45; 81T20; 81T25

Received: October 16, 2011; in final form February 27, 2012; Published online March 9, 2012

Language: English

DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2012.010



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