Emergent Braided Matter of Quantum Geometry

• Published in: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Date: 2012
• Main Authors: Bilson-Thompson, S., Hackett, J., Kauffman, L., Wan, Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2012
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/148393
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Emergent Braided Matter of Quantum Geometry / S. Bilson-Thompson, J. Hackett, L. Kauffman, Y. Wan // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2012. — Т. 8. — Бібліогр.: 106 назв. — англ.

We review and present a few new results of the program of emergent matter as braid excitations of quantum geometry that is represented by braided ribbon networks. These networks are a generalisation of the spin networks proposed by Penrose and those in models of background independent quantum gravit...