Spinfoam fermions

2010/12/31 by Eugenio Bianchi, Muxin Han, Elena Magliaro +3 · 52 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Coupling (piping) #Covariant transformation #Engineering #Epistemology #Fermion #Loop quantum gravity #Mathematical physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Philosophy #Physics #Quantum #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Simple (philosophy) #Theoretical physics #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/30/23/235023

published in Classical and Quantum Gravity 30(23), 235023 (IOP Publishing) · 8 pages, no figure

openalex publication_date 2013/10/30 · arxiv created 2013/10/31 · arxiv updated 2013/11/01 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We give the definition of a minimal coupling of fermions and Yang–Mills fields to the loop quantum gravity covariant dynamics. The coupling takes a surprisingly simple form. Here we only define the dynamics; physical implications are considered in a subsequent paper.

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