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Lattice Quantum Gravity from Stochastic 3-Geometries

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

I propose the Langevin equation for 3-geometries in the Ashtekar's formalism to describe 4D Euclidean quantum gravity, in the sense that the corresponding Fokker-Planck hamiltonian recovers the hamiltonian in 4D quantum gravity exactly. The stochastic time corresponds to the Euclidean time in the gauge, N=1 and Ni=0N^i=0. In this approach, the time evolution in 4D quantum gravity is understood as a stochastic process where the quantum fluctuation of ` ` triad \rq\rq is characterized by the curvature at the one unit time step before. The lattice regularization of 4D quantum gravity is presented in this context.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9508045,
  title  = {Lattice Quantum Gravity from Stochastic 3-Geometries},
  author = {N. Nakazawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9508045},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Latex 13 pages, some references are added

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