Weaving a classical geometry with quantum threads

Details Weaving a classical geometry with quantum threads Weaving a classical geometry with quantum threads

1992-03-30

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9203079v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.69:237-240,1992

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

9 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.237

Results that illuminate the physical interpretation of states of nonperturbative quantum gravity are obtained using the recently introduced loop variables. It is shown that: i) While local operators such as the metric at a point may not be well-defined, there do exist {\it non-local} operators, such as the area of a given 2-surface, which can be regulated diffeomorphism invariantly and which are finite {\it without} renormalization; ii)there exist quantum states which approximate a given flat geometry at large scales, but such states exhibit a discrete structure at the Planck scale; iii) these results are tied together by the fact that the spectra of the operators that measure the areas of surfaces are quantized in integral units of the Planck area.

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