Exotic smoothness and quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/16/165002zbMATH Open1195.83035arXiv1003.5506OpenAlexW3102909874WikidataQ126279388 ScholiaQ126279388MaRDI QIDQ3586313FDOQ3586313

Authors: Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga 

Publication date: 6 September 2010

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

Abstract: Since the first work on exotic smoothness in physics, it was folklore to assume a direct influence of exotic smoothness to quantum gravity. Thus, the negative result of Duston (arXiv:0911.4068) was a surprise. A closer look into the semi-classical approach uncovered the implicit assumption of a close connection between geometry and smoothness structure. But both structures, geometry and smoothness, are independent of each other. In this paper we calculate the "smoothness structure" part of the path integral in quantum gravity assuming that the "sum over geometries" is already given. For that purpose we use the knot surgery of Fintushel and Stern applied to the class E(n) of elliptic surfaces. We mainly focus our attention to the K3 surfaces E(2). Then we assume that every exotic smoothness structure of the K3 surface can be generated by knot or link surgery a la Fintushel and Stern. The results are applied to the calculation of expectation values. Here we discuss the two observables, volume and Wilson loop, for the construction of an exotic 4-manifold using the knot $5_2$ and the Whitehead link $Wh$. By using Mostow rigidity, we obtain a topological contribution to the expectation value of the volume. Furthermore we obtain a justification of area quantization.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5506

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zbMATH Keywords

smoothinggravitational interaction4-manifoldsquantization of the gravitational fieldtopological aspects of complex manifoldstopology of \(E^{4}\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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