Bubble divergences: sorting out topology from cell structure
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2012-02-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We conclude our analysis of bubble divergences in the flat spinfoam model. In [arXiv:1008.1476] we showed that the divergence degree of an arbitrary two-complex Gamma can be evaluated exactly by means of twisted cohomology. Here, we specialize this result to the case where Gamma is the two-skeleton of the cell decomposition of a pseudomanifold, and sharpen it with a careful analysis of the cellular and topological structures involved. Moreover, we explain in detail how this approach reproduces all the previous powercounting results for the Boulatov-Ooguri (colored) tensor models, and sheds light on algebraic-topological aspects of Gurau's 1/N expansion.
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@article{arxiv.1103.3961,
title = {Bubble divergences: sorting out topology from cell structure},
author = {Valentin Bonzom and Matteo Smerlak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.3961},
year = {2012}
}
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