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Towards an UV fixed point in CDT gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-09-04 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

CDT is an attempt to formulate a non-perturbative lattice theory of quantum gravity. We describe the phase diagram and analyse the phase transition between phase B and phase C (which is the analogue of the de Sitter phase observed for the spherical spatial topology). This transition is accessible to ordinary Monte Carlo simulations when the topology of space is toroidal. We find that the transition is most likely first order, but with unusual properties. The end points of the transition line are candidates for second order phase transition points where an UV continuum limit might exist.

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@article{arxiv.1906.04557,
  title  = {Towards an UV fixed point in CDT gravity},
  author = {Jan Ambjørn and Jakub Gizbert-Studnicki and Andrzej Görlich and Jerzy Jurkiewicz and Dániel Németh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04557},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages, 7 figures

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