Towards the Turaev-Viro amplitudes from a Hamiltonian constraint
Abstract
3D Loop Quantum Gravity with a vanishing cosmological constant can be related to the quantization of the BF theory discretized on a lattice. At the classical level, this discrete model characterizes discrete flat geometries and its phase space is built from . In a recent paper \cite{HyperbolicPhaseSpace}, this discrete model was deformed using the Poisson-Lie group formalism and was shown to characterize discrete hyperbolic geometries while being still topological. Hence, it is a good candidate to describe the discretization of BF theory with a (negative) cosmological constant. We proceed here to the quantization of this model. At the kinematical level, the Hilbert space is spanned by spin networks built on (with real). In particular, the quantization of the discretized Gauss constraint leads naturally to intertwiners. We also quantize the Hamiltonian constraint on a face of degree 3 and show that physical states are proportional to the quantum 6j-symbol. This suggests that the Turaev-Viro amplitude with real is a solution of the quantum Hamiltonian. This model is therefore a natural candidate to describe 3D loop quantum gravity with a (negative) cosmological constant.
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@article{arxiv.1403.7121,
title = {Towards the Turaev-Viro amplitudes from a Hamiltonian constraint},
author = {Valentin Bonzom and Maité Dupuis and Florian Girelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7121},
year = {2014}
}
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24 pages, 6 figures