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Numerical computations of next-to-leading order corrections in spinfoam large-$j$ asymptotics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-03-02 v5 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We numerically study the next-to-leading order corrections of the Lorentzian Engle-Pereira-Rovelli-Livine (EPRL) 4-simplex amplitude in the large-jj expansions. We perform large-jj expansions of Lorentzian EPRL 4-simplex amplitudes with two different types of boundary states, the coherent intertwiners and the coherent spin-network, and numerically compute the leading-order and the next-to-leading order O(1/j)O(1/j) contributions of these amplitudes. We also study the dependences of these O(1/j)O(1/j) corrections on the Barbero-Immirzi parameter γ\gamma. We show that they, as functions of γ\gamma, stabilize to finite real constants as γ\gamma\to\infty. Lastly, we obtain the quantum corrections to the Regge action because of the O(1/j)O(1/j) contribution to the spinfoam amplitude.

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@article{arxiv.2007.01998,
  title  = {Numerical computations of next-to-leading order corrections in spinfoam large-$j$ asymptotics},
  author = {Muxin Han and Zichang Huang and Hongguang Liu and Dongxue Qu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.01998},
  year   = {2021}
}

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24 pages, 5 figures