2+1 quantum gravity as a toy model for the 3+1 theory

A. Ashtekar; V. Husain; C. Rovelli; J. Samuel; L. Smolin

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/6/10/001

2+1 quantum gravity as a toy model for the 3+1 theory

A. Ashtekar, V. Husain, C. Rovelli, J. Samuel, L. Smolin

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2+1 Einstein gravity is used as a toy model for testing a program for nonperturbative canonical quantisation of the 3+1 theory. The program can be successfully implemented in the model and leads to a surprisingly rich quantum theory.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	001
Pages (from-to)	L185-L193
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	6
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/6/10/001
State	Published - 1989

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