Four-dimensional Quantum Gravity with a Cosmological Constant from Three-dimensional Holomorphic Blocks
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-12-09 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
Geometric Topology
math.MP
Abstract
Prominent approaches to quantum gravity struggle when it comes to incorporating a positive cosmological constant in their models. Using quantization of a complex Chern-Simons theory we include a cosmological constant, of either sign, into a model of quantum gravity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1509.00458,
title = {Four-dimensional Quantum Gravity with a Cosmological Constant from Three-dimensional Holomorphic Blocks},
author = {Hal M. Haggard and Muxin Han and Wojciech Kamiński and Aldo Riello},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00458},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages and 2 figures