A spin-foam vertex amplitude with the correct semiclassical limit

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.06.024MaRDI QIDQ5963838zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Engle

Publication date 23 February 2016

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2187

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

Abstract: Spin-foam models are hoped to provide a dynamics for loop quantum gravity. These start from the Plebanski formulation of gravity, in which gravity is obtained from a topological field theory, BF theory, through constraints, which, however, select more than one gravitational sector, as well as an unphysical degenerate sector. We show this is why terms beyond the needed Feynman-prescribed one appear in the semiclassical limit of the EPRL spin-foam amplitude. By quantum mechanically isolating a single gravitational sector, we modify this amplitude, yielding a spin-foam amplitude for loop quantum gravity with the correct semiclassical limit.

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