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Lattice Gravity and Random Surfaces

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

I review recent progress in simplicial quantum gravity in three and four dimensions, in particular new results on the phase structure of modified models of dynamical triangulations, the application of a strong-coupling expansion, and the benefits provided by including degenerate triangulations. In addition, I describe some recent numerical and analytical results on anisotropic crystalline membranes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9809131,
  title  = {Lattice Gravity and Random Surfaces},
  author = {Gudmar Thorleifsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9809131},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

22 pages, Latex2e, 13 eps-figures. Review talk presented at LATTICE98 (Boulder)