On the first-order formalism in quantum gravity
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 15 (3) , L105-L110
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/15/3/005
Abstract
Shows that quantum gravity in the first-order form is equivalent to the quantised Einstein theory only in the phases where (emu a)=e0 mu a, det e0 not=0. If det e0=0 one must take into account configurations with non-zero torsion. The analogy is discussed with the first-order formulation for gauge theories and the connection-dependent counter-terms for the spinor theory.Keywords
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