Reflection positivity in simplicial gravity

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/49/21/215202MaRDI QIDQ3186230zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert Schrader

Publication date 9 August 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.06376

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological termHilbert spacelattice gravityquantum theoryreflection positivityRegge calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: Within the context of piecewise linear manifolds we establish reflection positivity with a Hilbert action given in terms of the Regge curvature and a cosmological term. Using this positivity a Hilbert space for a quantum theory is constructed and some field operators and observables are given. The set-up allows to introduce time reversal though no time exists. All constructions are non-perturbative.

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