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A Wick rotation for EPRL spin foam models

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-02-27 v1

Abstract

We show that the Euclidean and Lorentzian EPRL vertex amplitudes of covariant Loop Quantum Gravity are related through a ``Wick rotation'' of the real Immirzi parameter to purely imaginary values. Our result follows from the simultaneous analytic continuation of the algebras, group elements and unitary irreducible representations of the gauge groups Spin(4)Spin(4) and SL(2,C)SL(2,\mathbb{C}), applied to the decomposition of the two models in terms of SU(2)SU(2) invariants and booster functions.

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@article{arxiv.2106.14672,
  title  = {A Wick rotation for EPRL spin foam models},
  author = {Pietro Dona and Francesco Gozzini and Alessandro Nicotra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.14672},
  year   = {2024}
}

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25 pages, 1 figure

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