Complex, Lorentzian, and Euclidean simplicial quantum gravity: numerical methods and physical prospects

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC4B04MaRDI QIDQ5862883zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ding Jia

Publication date 10 March 2022

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.05953

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationquantum Regge calculuscomplex contoursimplicial quantum gravityLorentzian quantum gravitycomplex integration contournumerical sign problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Spaces of differentiable or holomorphic functions on infinite-dimensional spaces (46E50) Flow control and optimization for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B75) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-10)

Abstract: Evaluating gravitational path integrals in the Lorentzian has been a long-standing challenge due to the numerical sign problem. We show that this challenge can be overcome in simplicial quantum gravity. By deforming the integration contour into the complex, the sign fluctuations can be suppressed, for instance using the holomorphic gradient flow algorithm. Working through simple models, we show that this algorithm enables efficient Monte Carlo simulations for Lorentzian simplicial quantum gravity. In order to allow complex deformations of the integration contour, we provide a manifestly holomorphic formula for Lorentzian simplicial gravity. This leads to a complex version of simplicial gravity that generalizes the Euclidean and Lorentzian cases. Outside the context of numerical computation, complex simplicial gravity is also relevant to studies of singularity resolving processes with complex semi-classical solutions. Along the way, we prove a complex version of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, which may be of independent interest.

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