Invited review: The new spin foam models and quantum gravity

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  • Alejandro Perez Centre de Physique Théorique, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.040004

Keywords:

Quantum gravity

Abstract

In this article, we give a systematic definition of the recently introduced spin foam models for four-dimensional quantum  gravity, reviewing the main results on their semiclassical limit on fixed discretizations.

Received: 17 October 2011,  Accepted: 18 March 2012; Edited by: J. Pullin; Reviewed by: L. Freidel, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada;  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.040004

Cite as: A. Perez, Papers in Physics 4, 040004 (2012)

 

Author Biography

Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Théorique, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France.

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Published

2012-05-25

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Perez, A. (2012). Invited review: The new spin foam models and quantum gravity. Papers in Physics, 4, 040004. https://doi.org/10.4279/pip.040004

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Vol. 4 (2012)

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