Canonical quantum gravity and consistent discretizations

RODOLFO GAMBINI¹ and JORGE PULLIN²

¹Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Igua esq. Matajo, Montevideo, Uruguay

²Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

E-mail: pullin@baton.phys.lsu.edu

Abstract. This paper covers some developments in canonical quantum gravity that occurred since ICGC-2000, emphasizing the recently introduced consistent discretizations of general relativity.

Keywords. Canonical; quantum gravity; new variables; loop quantization.

PACS Nos 04.60.Pp; 04.60.Nc