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A Note on B-observables in Ponzano-Regge 3d Quantum Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-01-27 v1

Abstract

We study the insertion and value of metric observables in the (discrete) path integral formulation of the Ponzano-Regge spinfoam model for 3d quantum gravity. In particular, we discuss the length spectrum and the relation between insertion of such B-observables and gauge fixing in the path integral.

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@article{arxiv.0808.0025,
  title  = {A Note on B-observables in Ponzano-Regge 3d Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Etera R. Livine and James P. Ryan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0025},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages

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