Non-convex 4d polytopes in Spin Foam Models
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2018-12-27 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this article we consider non-convex polytopes in . The paper consist of two parts: Firstly, we extend the proof of the formula for the volume in terms of face bivectors and boundary graph crossings from convex to non-convex polytopes. Secondly, we consider the EPRL-FK spin foam model, and demonstrate that there exists boundary data which leads to non-convex polytopes in the asymptotic analysis of the vertex amplitude.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1812.10314,
title = {Non-convex 4d polytopes in Spin Foam Models},
author = {Benjamin Bahr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.10314},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
25 pages, 17 figures (14 images, 3 tables)