Generalized sums over histories for quantum gravity. I: Smooth conifolds

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(93)90649-AzbMATH Open0941.83515arXivgr-qc/9307015OpenAlexW2017897024MaRDI QIDQ1966071FDOQ1966071

Authors: K. Schleich, D. M. Witt 

Publication date: 5 March 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper proposes to generalize the histories included in Euclidean functional integrals from manifolds to a more general set of compact topological spaces. This new set of spaces, called conifolds, includes nonmanifold stationary points that arise naturally in a semiclasssical evaluation of such integrals; additionally, it can be proven that sequences of approximately Einstein manifolds and sequences of approximately Einstein conifolds both converge to Einstein conifolds. Consequently, generalized Euclidean functional integrals based on these conifold histories yield semiclassical amplitudes for sequences of both manifold and conifold histories that approach a stationary point of the Einstein action. Therefore sums over conifold histories provide a useful and self-consistent starting point for further study of topological effects in quantum gravity. Postscript figures available via anonymous ftp at black-hole.physics.ubc.ca (137.82.43.40) in file gen1.ps.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9307015

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81P99) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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