171 citations · 1.1k across the 40 of their papers we have counts for
Showing 2012 · gr-qcShow all
3 papers · 2 filters
gr-qc2012★ 3 cited
On the inertia of heat
Matteo Smerlak
Does heat have inertia? This question is at the core of a long-standing controversy on Eckart's dissipative relativistic hydrodynamics. Here I show that the troublesome inertial te…
gr-qc2012★ 27 cited
Gauge symmetries in spinfoam gravity: the case for "cellular quantization"
Valentin Bonzom, Matteo Smerlak
The spinfoam approach to quantum gravity rests on a "quantization" of BF theory using 2-complexes and group representations. We explain why, in dimension three and higher, this "sp…
gr-qc2012★ 4 cited
Divergences in spinfoam quantum gravity
Matteo Smerlak
In this thesis we study the flat model, the main buidling block for the spinfoam approach to quantum gravity, with an emphasis on its divergences. Besides a personal introduction t…