Discrete Approaches to Quantum Gravity in Four Dimensions
The construction of a consistent theory of quantum gravity is a problem in theoretical physics that has so far defied all attempts at resolution. One ansatz to try to obtain a non-trivial quantum theory proceeds via a discretization of space-time and the Einstein action. I review here three major ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
1998-01-01
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| Series: | Living Reviews in Relativity |
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| Online Access: | http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-1998-13 |
| Summary: | The construction of a consistent theory of quantum gravity is a problem in theoretical physics that has so far defied all attempts at resolution. One ansatz to try to obtain a non-trivial quantum theory proceeds via a discretization of space-time and the Einstein action. I review here three major areas of research: gauge-theoretic approaches, both in a path-integral and a Hamiltonian formulation; quantum Regge calculus; and the method of dynamical triangulations, confining attention to work that is strictly four-dimensional, strictly discrete, and strictly quantum in nature. |
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| ISSN: | 1433-8351 |