Spin foam models of matter coupled to gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/9/301zbMATH Open1003.83034arXivhep-th/0108099OpenAlexW2026266443WikidataQ57602593 ScholiaQ57602593MaRDI QIDQ4548086FDOQ4548086

Authors: A. Miković 

Publication date: 4 November 2002

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

Abstract: We construct a class of spin foam models describing matter coupled to gravity, such that the gravitational sector is described by the unitary irreducible representations of the appropriate symmetry group, while the matter sector is described by the finite-dimensional irreducible representations of that group. The corresponding spin foam amplitudes in the four-dimensional gravity case are expressed in terms of the spin network amplitudes for pentagrams with additional external and internal matter edges. We also give a quantum field theory formulation of the model, where the matter degrees of freedom are described by spin network fields carrying the indices from the appropriate group representation. In the non-topological Lorentzian gravity case, we argue that the matter representations should be appropriate SO(3) or SO(2) representations contained in a given Lorentz matter representation, depending on whether one wants to describe a massive or a massless matter field. The corresponding spin network amplitudes are given as multiple integrals of propagators which are matrix spherical functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0108099

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitysymmetry groupspin foam modelspropagatorsgravitational sectorLorentz matter representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Structure and representation of the Lorentz group (22E43) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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