Fermionic sectors for the Kodama state

dc.creatorAlexander, Stephon
dc.creatorSchleich, Kristin
dc.creatorWitt, Donald M.
dc.date2005-03-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:29:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:29:28Z
dc.descriptionDiffeomorphisms not connected to the identity can act nontrivially on the quantum state space for gravity. However, in stark contrast to the case of nonabelian Yang-Mills field theories, for which the quantum state space is always in 1 dimensional representation of the large gauge transformations, the quantum state space for gravity can have higher dimensional representations. In particular, the Kodama state will have 2 dimensional representations, that is sectors with spin 1/2, for many topologies that admit positive scalar curvature. The existence of these spin 1/2 states are used to point out a possible answer to certain criticisms raised recently in the literature.
dc.description4 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0503062
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0503062
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35228
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleFermionic sectors for the Kodama state
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