MG11 |
Participant |
Sahlmann, Hanno | |
Institution |
Spinoza Institute/ITP, Utrecht University - Postbus 80.195 - Utrecht - - THE NETHERLANDS | |
Session |
Talk |
Abstract |
QG4 |
Exploring the diffeomorphism invariant Hilbert space of LQG |
For the simple toy model of a scalar field/abelian sigma model we investigate the Hilbert space of states that are invariant under spatial diffeomorphisms: We explicitly compute the scalar product, show that there is a natural Fock-space structure associated to it, and quantize a certain class of observables. We also explain that the precise form of the symmetry factors that show up in the scalar product seems to be important, not merely a technicality. |