# Twistors to twisted geometries

@article{Freidel2010TwistorsTT,
title={Twistors to twisted geometries},
author={Laurent Freidel and Simone Speziale},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2010},
volume={82}
}
• Published 1 June 2010
• Mathematics
• Physical Review D
In a previous paper we showed that the phase space of loop quantum gravity on a fixed graph can be parametrized in terms of twisted geometries, quantities describing the intrinsic and extrinsic discrete geometry of a cellular decomposition dual to the graph. Here we unravel the origin of the phase space from a geometric interpretation of twistors.
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