Tensors and algebras: an algebraic spacetime interpretation for tensor models

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2023.076MaRDI QIDQ6085576zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dennis Obster

Publication date 8 November 2023

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.03633

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic tensor modelcanonical tensor modelinterpretationquantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite generation, finite presentability, normal forms (diamond lemma, term-rewriting) (16S15) Hilbert and pre-Hilbert spaces: geometry and topology (including spaces with semidefinite inner product) (46C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: The quest for a consistent theory for quantum gravity is one of the most challenging problems in theoretical high-energy physics. An often-used approach is to describe the gravitational degrees of freedom by the metric tensor or related variables, and finding a way to quantise this. In the canonical tensor model, the gravitational degrees of freedom are encoded in a tensorial quantity $P_{abc}$, and this quantity is subsequently quantised. This makes the quantisation much more straightforward mathematically, but the interpretation of this tensor as a spacetime is less evident. In this work we take a first step towards fully understanding the relationship to spacetime. By considering $P_{abc}$ as the generator of an algebra of functions, we first describe how we can recover the topology and the measure of a compact Riemannian manifold. Using the tensor rank decomposition, we then generalise this principle in order to have a well-defined notion of the topology and geometry for a large class of tensors $P_{abc}$. We provide some examples of the emergence of a topology and measure of both exact and perturbed Riemannian manifolds, and of a purely algebraically-defined space called the semi-local circle.

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