A discretization of Holst's action for general relativity

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03125-4MaRDI QIDQ6174899zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Carlos Beltrán, José A. Zapata

Publication date 15 July 2023

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13808

zbMATH Keywords

Holst's actionloop quantum gravityPalatini actionsimplicial gravityspinfoam

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Numerical solution of discretized equations for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M22) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We present a simplicial model for gravity written in terms of a discretized Lorentz connection and a discretized tetrad field. The continuum limit of its action is Holst's action for general relativity. With the intention of using it to construct spin foam modes for quantum gravity, we write two other equivalent models written in terms of a discretized and constrained $B$ field. The differences between our model and existing models are most likely inessential in the sense that a quantization would lead to equivalent quantum theories in the Wilsonian continuum limit. Nevertheless, we mention two features leading to possible advantages: Curvature degrees of freedom are described at the level of each 4-simplex. Our model offers a picture of bulk geometry leading to actions for matter couplings that split as a sum over 4-simplices.

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