Towards metric-affine quantum gravity

Roberto Percacci

2020International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics30 citationsDOI

Abstract

I review here some motivations to consider a theory of gravity based on independent metric and connection, and its status as a quantum theory.

Topics & Concepts

Affine transformationQuantum gravityQuantumMathematicsMetric (unit)Theoretical physicsPure mathematicsSemiclassical gravityPhysicsMathematical physicsQuantum mechanicsQuantum dynamicsQuantum processOperations managementEconomicsNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation Theories