Parity and reality properties of the EPRL spinfoam

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/6/065008zbMATH Open1238.83033arXiv1109.3946OpenAlexW3105507635MaRDI QIDQ2881865FDOQ2881865

Authors: Yasha Neiman 

Publication date: 3 May 2012

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

Abstract: We study the parity behavior of the Lorentzian EPRL spinfoam model. We demonstrate that the vertex amplitude does not depend on the sign of the Immirzi parameter. We present numerical results for the transition amplitude and the graviton propagator in the large-spin 4-simplex approximation. The results suggest a simple relation between the contributions of the two parity-related critical points. Finally, we observe that the graviton propagator is not invariant under parity-odd permutations of equivalent nodes. Thus, the Lorentzian model has the same chirality problem as the Euclidean.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.3946

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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