loop quantum gravity

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
gptkbp:aimsTo reconcile general relativity and quantum mechanics
gptkbp:compatibleWith extra dimensions
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Abhay_Ashtekar
gptkb:Carlo_Rovelli
gptkb:Lee_Smolin
gptkbp:field gptkb:quantum_gravity
gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:form gptkb:Ashtekar_connection
gptkb:Barbero–Immirzi_parameter
gptkb:SU(2)_symmetry
gptkb:Wilson_loops
gptkb:diffeomorphism_constraint
gptkb:Hilbert_space
gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkb:spin_foam_models
representation theory
graph theory
Hamiltonian constraint
Gauss constraint
area operator
diffeomorphism invariance
holonomies
quantum constraints
quantum states of geometry
spin network states
volume operator
gptkbp:hasApplication black hole entropy
early universe cosmology
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:spin_foams
gptkb:spin_networks
gptkbp:hasSubfield gptkb:loop_quantum_cosmology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label loop quantum gravity
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:quantum_geometry
discrete structure of spacetime
minimum length scale
quantum gravitational effects at Planck scale
gptkbp:proposedBy 1980s
area and volume are quantized
space is quantized
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Covariant_Loop_Quantum_Gravity_(book_by_Carlo_Rovelli)
gptkb:Quantum_Gravity_(book_by_Carlo_Rovelli)
Three Roads to Quantum Gravity (book by Lee Smolin)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ashtekar_variables
canonical quantization
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Centre_de_Physique_Théorique_de_Luminy
gptkb:Perimeter_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:general_relativity
gptkb:quantum_gravity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4