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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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19 pages

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