Symmetric States in Quantum Geometry

Abstract

Symmetric states are defined in the kinematical sector of loop quantum gravity and applied to spherical symmetry and homogeneity. Consequences for the physics of black holes and cosmology are discussed.

9 pages, talk at the Ninth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Rome, July 2-8, 2000

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