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A simpler way of imposing simplicity constraints

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-11-09 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We investigate a way of imposing simplicity constraints in a holomorphic Spin Foam model that we recently introduced. Rather than imposing the constraints on the boundary spin network, as is usually done, one can impose the constraints directly on the Spin Foam propagator. We find that the two approaches have the same leading asymptotic behaviour, with differences appearing at higher order. This allows us to obtain a model that greatly simplifies calculations, but still has Regge Calculus as its semi-classical limit.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05331,
  title  = {A simpler way of imposing simplicity constraints},
  author = {Andrzej Banburski and Lin-Qing Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05331},
  year   = {2016}
}

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16 pages

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