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arxiv: 1110.2157 · v2 · pith:HFIBISBWnew · submitted 2011-10-10 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

Lessons from Toy-Models for the Dynamics of Loop Quantum Gravity

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keywords gravityquantumhamiltonianapproachesdynamicsloopmodelsthiemann
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We review some approaches to the Hamiltonian dynamics of (loop) quantum gravity, the main issues being the regularization of the Hamiltonian and the continuum limit. First, Thiemann's definition of the quantum Hamiltonian is presented, and then more recent approaches. They are based on toy models which provide new insights into the difficulties and ambiguities faced in Thiemann's construction. The models we use are parametrized field theories, the topological BF model of which a special case is three-dimensional gravity which describes quantum flat space, and Regge lattice gravity.

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