A spin network primer

DOI10.1119/1.19175MaRDI QIDQ3088746zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Seth Major

Publication date 19 August 2011

Published in American Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9905020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

Abstract: Spin networks, essentially labeled graphs, are ``good quantum numbers for the quantum theory of geometry. These structures encompass a diverse range of techniques which may be used in the quantum mechanics of finite dimensional systems, gauge theory, and knot theory. Though accessible to undergraduates, spin network techniques are buried in more complicated formulations. In this paper a diagrammatic method, simple but rich, is introduced through an association of 2 by 2 matrices to diagrams. This spin network diagrammatic method offers new perspectives on the quantum mechanics of angular momentum, group theory, knot theory, and even quantum geometry. Examples in each of these areas are discussed.

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