Finiteness of Lorentzian 10j symbols and partition functions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/5/013zbMATH Open1091.83012arXivgr-qc/0512004OpenAlexW3101913965MaRDI QIDQ3377903FDOQ3377903

Authors: J. Daniel Christensen 

Publication date: 29 March 2006

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

Abstract: We give a short and simple proof that the Lorentzian 10j symbol, which forms a key part of the Barrett-Crane model of Lorentzian quantum gravity, is finite. The argument is very general, and applies to other integrals. For example, we show that the Lorentzian and Riemannian causal 10j symbols are finite, despite their singularities. Moreover, we show that integrals that arise in Cherrington's work are finite. Cherrington has shown that this implies that the Lorentzian partition function for a single triangulation is finite, even for degenerate triangulations. Finally, we also show how to use these methods to prove finiteness of integrals based on other graphs and other homogeneous domains.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0512004

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

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