The sum over topologies in three-dimensional Euclidean quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/10/2/004zbMATH Open0776.58008arXivhep-th/9206103OpenAlexW1995452865MaRDI QIDQ4032949FDOQ4032949

Authors: Steven Carlip 

Publication date: 18 May 1993

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

Abstract: In Hawking's Euclidean path integral approach to quantum gravity, the partition function is computed by summing contributions from all possible topologies. The behavior such a sum can be estimated in three spacetime dimensions in the limit of small cosmological constant. The sum over topologies diverges for either sign of $Lambda$, but for dramatically different reasons: for $Lambda>0$, the divergent behavior comes from the contributions of very low volume, topologically complex manifolds, while for $Lambda<0$ it is a consequence of the existence of infinite sequences of relatively high volume manifolds with converging geometries. Possible implications for four-dimensional quantum gravity are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9206103

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityEuclidean path integraldimensional gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30)

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