Barbero–Immirzi parameter

Layer 1 — Physicsin the loop-quantum-gravity subtree

Free dimensionless parameter γ in the Ashtekar connection A^i_a = Γ^i_a + γK^i_a. Fixes the scale of the area and volume spectra; matched to Bekenstein–Hawking entropy gives γ ≈ 0.274.

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