The geometry of quantum spin networks

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/12/009MaRDI QIDQ5284341zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Roumen Borissov, Seth Major, Lee Smolin

Publication date 22 January 1997

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9512043

zbMATH Keywords

\(q\)-deformationquantum gravityquantum spin networks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Perturbation theories for operators and differential equations in quantum theory (81Q15) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: The discrete picture of geometry arising from the loop representation of quantum gravity can be extended by a quantum deformation. The operators for area and volume defined in the q-deformation of the theory are partly diagonalized. The eigenstates are expressed in terms of q-deformed spin networks. The q-deformation breaks some of the degeneracy of the volume operator so that trivalent spin-networks have non-zero volume. These computations are facilitated by use of a technique based on the recoupling theory of SU(2)_q, which simplifies the construction of these and other operators through diffeomorphism invariant regularization procedures.

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