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arXiv 0705.0674gr-qchep-th
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量子引力的一个新的自旋泡沫顶点

A new spinfoam vertex for quantum gravity

Etera R. Livine, Simone Speziale

摘要:

我们引入了一个新的自旋泡沫顶点,用于基于SU(2)和SO(4)BF理论加约束的4d量子引力模型。它可以被看作是SU(2)BF理论的传统顶点,15j符号,在使用SU(2)相干态构造的特定基中。这个基础使得变量的几何解释变得透明:它们是垂直于每个四面体内三角形的向量。我们研究了这些态可以被认为是半经典的条件,并表明半经典态在量子相关性的评估中占据主导地位。最后,我们描述了如何将BF减少到重力的约束可以直接用新变量来写,以及状态的半经典性如何可以提高对实现约束的正确方式的理解。

英文摘要:

We introduce a new spinfoam vertex to be used in models of 4d quantum gravity based on SU(2) and SO(4) BF theory plus constraints. It can be seen as the conventional vertex of SU(2) BF theory, the 15j symbol, in a particular basis constructed using SU(2) coherent states. This basis makes the geometric interpretation of the variables transparent: they are the vectors normal to the triangles within each tetrahedron. We study the condition under which these states can be considered semiclassical, and we show that the semiclassical ones dominate the evaluation of quantum correlations. Finally, we describe how the constraints reducing BF to gravity can be directly written in terms of the new variables, and how the semiclassicality of the states might improve understanding the correct way to implement the constraints.

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