The Phoenix Project: Master Constraint Programme for Loop Quantum Gravity

@article{Thiemann2006ThePP,
  title={The Phoenix Project: Master Constraint Programme for Loop Quantum Gravity},
  author={Thomas Thiemann},
  journal={Classical and Quantum Gravity},
  year={2006},
  volume={23},
  pages={2211-2247}
}
  • T. Thiemann
  • Published 21 May 2003
  • Physics
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
The Hamiltonian constraint remains the major unsolved problem in loop quantum gravity (LQG). Some time ago, a mathematically consistent candidate Hamiltonian constraint was proposed but there are still several unsettled questions which concern the algebra of commutators among smeared Hamiltonian constraints which must be faced in order to make progress. In this paper, we propose a solution to this set of problems based on the so-called master constraint which combines the smeared Hamiltonian… 
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