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Flowing to the continuum in discrete tensor models for quantum gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-01-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Tensor models provide a way to access the path-integral for discretized quantum gravity in d dimensions. As in the case of matrix models for two-dimensional quantum gravity, the continuum limit can be related to a Renormalization Group fixed point in a setup where the tensor size N serves as the Renormalization Group scale. We develop functional Renormalization Group tools for tensor models with a main focus on a rank-3 model for three-dimensional quantum gravity. We rediscover the double-scaling limit and provide an estimate for the scaling exponent. Moreover, we identify two additional fixed points with a second relevant direction in a truncation of the Renormalization Group flow. The new relevant direction might hint at the presence of additional degrees of freedom in the corresponding continuum limit.

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@article{arxiv.1701.03029,
  title  = {Flowing to the continuum in discrete tensor models for quantum gravity},
  author = {Astrid Eichhorn and Tim Koslowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.03029},
  year   = {2017}
}

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16 pages

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