Spin Networks in Nonperturbative Quantum Gravity

@article{Baez1995SpinNI,
  title={Spin Networks in Nonperturbative Quantum Gravity},
  author={John C. Baez},
  journal={arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology},
  year={1995}
}
  • J. Baez
  • Published 21 April 1995
  • Physics
  • arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
A spin network is a generalization of a knot or link: a graph embedded in space, with edges labelled by representations of a Lie group, and vertices labelled by intertwining operators. Such objects play an important role in 3-dimensional topological quantum eld theory, functional integration on the spaceA=G of connections modulo gauge transformations, and the loop representation of quantum gravity. Here, after an introduction to the basic ideas of nonperturbative canonical quantum gravity, we… 
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