Quantum Einstein-Maxwell Fields: A Unified Viewpoint from the Loop Representation

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20 October 1992

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/9210110

Abstract

We propose a naive unification of Electromagnetism and General Relativity based on enlarging the gauge group of Ashtekar's new variables. We construct the connection and loop representations and analyze the space of states. In the loop representation, the wavefunctions depend on two loops, each of them carrying information about both gravitation and electromagnetism. We find that the Chern-Simons form and the Jones Polynomial play a role in the model.

Keywords

LOOP REPRESENTATIONS
UNIFIED VIEWPOINT
ELECTROMAGNETISM
EINSTEIN MAXWELL
QUANTUM EINSTEIN
MAXWELL FIELDS
REPRESENTATION
GRAVITATION

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Version 1, 1992-10-20, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review D, 47 (12), R5214.

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