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Spinfoams in the holomorphic representation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-12-28 v3

Abstract

We study a holomorphic representation for spinfoams. The representation is obtained via the Ashtekar-Lewandowski-Marolf-Mour\~ao-Thiemann coherent state transform. We derive the expression of the 4d spinfoam vertex for Euclidean and for Lorentzian gravity in the holomorphic representation. The advantage of this representation rests on the fact that the variables used have a clear interpretation in terms of a classical intrinsic and extrinsic geometry of space. We show how the peakedness on the extrinsic geometry selects a single exponential of the Regge action in the semiclassical large-scale asymptotics of the spinfoam vertex.

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@article{arxiv.1004.4550,
  title  = {Spinfoams in the holomorphic representation},
  author = {Eugenio Bianchi and Elena Magliaro and Claudio Perini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.4550},
  year   = {2010}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure, published version

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