Ising spin network states for loop quantum gravity: a toy model for phase transitions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/6/065005zbMATH Open1338.83074arXiv1509.05297OpenAlexW3099644480MaRDI QIDQ2806017FDOQ2806017

Authors: Alexandre Feller, Etera R. Livine 

Publication date: 13 May 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Non-perturbative approaches to quantum gravity call for a deep understanding of the emergence of geometry and locality from the quantum state of the gravitational field. Without background geometry, the notion of distance should entirely emerge from the correlations between the gravity fluctuations. In the context of loop quantum gravity, quantum states of geometry are defined as spin networks. These are graphs decorated with spin and intertwiners, which represent quantized excitations of areas and volumes of the space geometry. Here, we develop the condensed matter point of view on extracting the physical and geometrical information out of spin network states: we introduce new Ising spin network states, both in 2d on a square lattice and in 3d on a hexagonal lattice, whose correlations map onto the usual Ising model in statistical physics. We construct these states from the basic holonomy operators of loop gravity and derive a set of local Hamiltonian constraints which entirely characterize our states. We discuss their phase diagram and show how the distance can be reconstructed from the correlations in the various phases. Finally, we propose generalizations of these Ising states, which open the perspective to study the coarse graining and dynamics of spin network states using well-known condensed matter techniques and results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.05297

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zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionIsing modelcoarse-grainingloop quantum gravityspin networkcondensed mattertoy model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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