Supersymmetric spin networks and quantum supergravity
- 25 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 61 (4) , 044008
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.61.044008
Abstract
We define supersymmetric spin networks, which provide a complete set of gauge invariant states for supergravity and supersymmetric gauge theories. The particular case of is studied in detail and applied to the non-perturbative quantization of supergravity. The supersymmetric extension of the area operator is defined and partly diagonalized. The spectrum is discrete as in quantum general relativity, and the two cases could be distinguished by measurements of quantum geometry.
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