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自旋泡沫量子引力中的物质动力学

Toward matter dynamics in spin foam quantum gravity

Masooma Ali, Sebastian Steinhaus

摘要:

任何研究纯量子引力的方法最终都必须面对将量子物质与理论耦合的问题。在过去,已经提出了几种将物质耦合到自旋泡沫量子引力的方法,但是耦合的物质-引力系统的动力学是具有挑战性的探索。为了揭开量子物质对自旋泡沫模型的影响,我们将自由的、有质量的标量晶格场论耦合到一个受限制的、半经典的4d自旋泡沫模型,称为量子立方体。这个模型可以理解为超立方体(因此是不规则的)晶格的叠加。这两种理论耦合通过定义标量晶格场论不规则晶格通过离散外部演算,然后叠加这些理论通过总结自旋泡沫配置。我们使用马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗技术计算几何和物质观测的期望值。从观测值,我们确定了一个政权在参数空间中,自旋泡沫拥有一个有限的总体积,平均看起来像一个规则的晶格与紧急的晶格间距依赖于质量的标量场。我们还测量了2点关联函数和相关长度的标量场的测地距离编码的自旋泡沫。我们的结果与定义在具有相同质量和涌现格点间距的固定规则格点上的普通标量格点场论的关联函数是一致的。我们的结论是,在这个制度的模型,标量场是不敏感的自旋泡沫的波动,有效地表现得好像它是定义在一个固定的规则晶格。

英文摘要:

Any approach to pure quantum gravity must eventually face the question of coupling quantum matter to the theory. In the past, several ways of coupling matter to spin foam quantum gravity have been proposed, but the dynamics of the coupled matter-gravity system is challenging to explore. To take first steps towards uncovering the influence quantum matter has on spin foam models, we couple free, massive scalar lattice field theory to a restricted, semi-classical 4d spin foam model, called quantum cuboids. This model can be understood as a superposition of hypercuboidal (and thus irregular) lattices. Both theories are coupled by defining scalar lattice field theory on irregular lattices via discrete exterior calculus and then superimposing these theories by summing over spin foam configurations. We compute expectation values of geometric and matter observables using Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques. From the observables, we identify a regime in parameter space, in which the spin foam possesses a finite total volume and looks on average like a regular lattice with an emergent lattice spacing dependent on the mass of the scalar field. We also measure the 2-point correlation function and correlation length of the scalar field in relation to the geodesic distance encoded in the spin foam. Our results are consistent with the correlation function of ordinary scalar lattice field theory defined on a fixed regular lattice with the emergent lattice spacing and the same mass. We conclude that in this regime of the model, the scalar field is not sensitive to the fluctuations of the spin foam and effectively behaves as if it is defined on a fixed regular lattice.

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