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张量与代数:张量模型的代数时空诠释

Tensors and Algebras: An Algebraic Spacetime Interpretation for Tensor Models

Dennis Obster

AI总结:

本文提出将正则张量模型中的张量 $P_{abc}$ 视为函数代数生成元,通过张量秩分解恢复紧致黎曼流形的拓扑与测度,并推广至更广张量类,为量子引力的时空诠释奠定基础。

摘要:

寻找一致的量子引力理论是理论高能物理中最具挑战性的问题之一。一种常用的方法是通过度规张量或相关变量来描述引力自由度,并寻找量子化该量的途径。在正则张量模型中,引力自由度编码在张量量 $P_{abc}$ 中,随后对该量进行量子化。这使得量子化在数学上更为直接,但将该张量诠释为时空则不太明显。在本工作中,我们迈出了全面理解其与时空关系的第一步。通过将 $P_{abc}$ 视为函数代数的生成元,我们首先描述了如何恢复紧致黎曼流形的拓扑和测度。利用张量秩分解,我们随后推广了这一原理,以便对一大类张量 $P_{abc}$ 定义明确的拓扑和几何概念。我们提供了一些例子,展示了精确和微扰黎曼流形的拓扑与测度的涌现,以及一个纯代数定义的空间——半局部圆。

英文摘要:

The quest for a consistent theory for quantum gravity is one of the most challenging problems in theoretical high-energy physics. An often-used approach is to describe the gravitational degrees of freedom by the metric tensor or related variables, and finding a way to quantise this. In the canonical tensor model, the gravitational degrees of freedom are encoded in a tensorial quantity $P_{abc}$, and this quantity is subsequently quantised. This makes the quantisation much more straightforward mathematically, but the interpretation of this tensor as a spacetime is less evident. In this work we take a first step towards fully understanding the relationship to spacetime. By considering $P_{abc}$ as the generator of an algebra of functions, we first describe how we can recover the topology and the measure of a compact Riemannian manifold. Using the tensor rank decomposition, we then generalise this principle in order to have a well-defined notion of the topology and geometry for a large class of tensors $P_{abc}$. We provide some examples of the emergence of a topology and measure of both exact and perturbed Riemannian manifolds, and of a purely algebraically-defined space called the semi-local circle.

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