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Poincare group spin networks

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-06-06 v3

Abstract

Spin network technique is usually generalized to relativistic case by changing SO(4)SO(4) group -- Euclidean counterpart of the Lorentz group -- to its universal spin covering SU(2)×SU(2)SU(2)\times SU(2), or by using the representations of SO(3,1)SO(3,1) Lorentz group. We extend this approach by using inhomogeneous Lorentz group P=SO(3,1)R4\mathcal{P}=SO(3,1)\rtimes \mathbb{R}^4, which results in the simplification of the spin network technique. The labels on the network graph corresponding to the subgroup of translations R4\mathbb{R}^4 make the intertwiners into the products of SU(2)SU(2) parts and the energy-momentum conservation delta functions. This maps relativistic spin networks to usual Feynman diagrams for the matter fields.

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@article{arxiv.2311.06328,
  title  = {Poincare group spin networks},
  author = {M. V. Altaisky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.06328},
  year   = {2024}
}

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