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Euclidian 4d quantum gravity with a non-trivial measure term

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2014-04-08 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We explore an extended coupling constant space of 4d regularized Euclidean quantum gravity, defined via the formalism of dynamical triangulations. We add a measure term which can also serve as a generalized higher curvature term and determine the phase diagram and the geometries dominating in the various regions. A first order phase transition line is observed, but no second order transition point is located. As a consequence we cannot attribute any continuum physics interpretation to the so-called crinkled phase of 4d dynamical triangulations.

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@article{arxiv.1307.2270,
  title  = {Euclidian 4d quantum gravity with a non-trivial measure term},
  author = {J. Ambjorn and L. Glaser and A. Goerlich and J. Jurkiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2270},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

24 pages and many figures. A few references added in v2

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