Curvature in spinfoams
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2013-01-09 v3
Abstract
We consider spinfoam quantum gravity. We show in a simple case that the amplitude projects over a nontrivial (curved) classical geometry. This suggests that, at least for spinfoams without bubbles and for large values of the boundary spins, the amplitude takes the form of a path integral over Regge metrics, thus enforcing discrete Einstein equations in the classical limit. The result relies crucially on a new interpretation of the semiclassical limit for the amplitudes truncated to a fixed 2-complex.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1103.4602,
title = {Curvature in spinfoams},
author = {Elena Magliaro and Claudio Perini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.4602},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures