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Multigraph models for causal quantum gravity and scale dependent spectral dimension

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-09-25 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study random walks on ensembles of a specific class of random multigraphs which provide an "effective graph ensemble" for the causal dynamical triangulation (CDT) model of quantum gravity. In particular, we investigate the spectral dimension of the multigraph ensemble for recurrent as well as transient walks. We investigate the circumstances in which the spectral dimension and Hausdorff dimension are equal and show that this occurs when rho, the exponent for anomalous behaviour of the resistance to infinity, is zero. The concept of scale dependent spectral dimension in these models is introduced. We apply this notion to a multigraph ensemble with a measure induced by a size biased critical Galton-Watson process which has a scale dependent spectral dimension of two at large scales and one at small scales. We conclude by discussing a specific model related to four dimensional CDT which has a spectral dimension of four at large scales and two at small scales.

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@article{arxiv.1202.6322,
  title  = {Multigraph models for causal quantum gravity and scale dependent spectral dimension},
  author = {Georgios Giasemidis and John F. Wheater and Stefan Zohren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.6322},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

30 pages, 3 figures, references added, minor changes in the abstract to match the published version

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