Melonic phase transition in group field theory

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DOI10.1007/S11005-014-0699-9zbMATH Open1297.81136arXiv1307.5026OpenAlexW1981587195WikidataQ59239709 ScholiaQ59239709MaRDI QIDQ405637FDOQ405637


Authors: Aristide Baratin, Sylvain Carrozza, Daniele Oriti, Matteo Smerlak, James P. Ryan Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 September 2014

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Group field theories have recently been shown to admit a 1/N expansion dominated by so-called `melonic graphs', dual to triangulated spheres. In this note, we deepen the analysis of this melonic sector. We obtain a combinatorial formula for the melonic amplitudes in terms of a graph polynomial related to a higher dimensional generalization of the Kirchhoff tree-matrix theorem. Simple bounds on these amplitudes show the existence of a phase transition driven by melonic interaction processes. We restrict our study to the Boulatov-Ooguri models, which describe topological BF theories and are the basis for the construction of four dimensional models of quantum gravity.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.5026




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