No fermion doubling in quantum geometry

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2015.08.022zbMATH Open1364.81248arXiv1506.08794OpenAlexW804286883WikidataQ57394142 ScholiaQ57394142MaRDI QIDQ2396546FDOQ2396546

Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin

Publication date: 8 June 2017

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

Abstract: In loop quantum gravity the discrete nature of quantum geometry acts as a natural regulator for matter theories. Studies of quantum field theory in quantum space-times in spherical symmetry in the canonical approach have shown that the main effect of the quantum geometry is to discretize the equations of matter fields. This raises the possibility that in the case of fermion fields one could confront the usual fermion doubling problem that arises in lattice gauge theories. We suggest, again based on recent results on spherical symmetry, that since the background space-times will generically involve superpositions of states associated with different discretizations the phenomenon may not arise. This opens a possibility of incorporating chiral fermions in the framework of loop quantum gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.08794

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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• Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice
• Quantum black holes in loop quantum gravity
• Quantum spin dynamics (QSD): V. Quantum gravity as the natural regulator of the Hamiltonian constraint of matter quantum field theories
• Hawking radiation from a spherical loop quantum gravity black hole
• Spinfoam fermions

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• Light charged fermions in quantum gravity
• Fermions in loop quantum gravity and resolution of doubling problem

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