A definition of the Ponzano–Regge quantum gravity model in terms of surfacesa)

DOI10.1063/1.531245zbMath0842.53061arXivgr-qc/9505043OpenAlexW1854704759MaRDI QIDQ4871942

Junichi Iwasaki

Publication date: 28 July 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9505043

zbMATH Keywords

partition functiondivergencesPonzano-Regge quantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

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Cites Work

• \(2+1\)-dimensional gravity as an exactly soluble system
• State sum invariants of 3-manifolds and quantum \(6j\)-symbols
• Partition functions and topology-changing amplitudes in the three-dimensional lattice gravity of Ponzano and Regge

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