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4-dimensional Spin-foam Model with Quantum Lorentz Group

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-10-25 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study the quantum group deformation of the Lorentzian EPRL spin-foam model. The construction uses the harmonic analysis on the quantum Lorentz group. We show that the quantum group spin-foam model so defined is free of the infra-red divergence, thus gives a finite partition function on a fixed triangulation. We expect this quantum group spin-foam model is a spin-foam quantization of discrete gravity with a cosmological constant.

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@article{arxiv.1012.4216,
  title  = {4-dimensional Spin-foam Model with Quantum Lorentz Group},
  author = {Muxin Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4216},
  year   = {2011}
}

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23 pages, 3 figures, references added

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