For the rank-4 φ6 tensorial group field theory, the authors derive a Ward-constrained renormalization group flow and report a nontrivial fixed point, but the fixed point's reported values violate their own consistency condition.
Spin foam quantization of SO(4) Plebanski's action
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The goal of this work is two-fold. In the first part of this paper we regard classical Plebanski's action as a BF action supplemented by constraints. We introduce a spin foam model for Riemannian general relativity by systematically implementing these constraints as restrictions on paths in the state-sum of the BF theory. The spin foam model obtained is precisely the Barrett-Crane model. This provides a clear-cut connection of the model with a simplicial action. In the second part of the paper we study the quantization of the effective action corresponding to the degenerate sectors of Plebanski's theory and obtain a very simple spin foam model. This model turns out to be precisely the one introduced by De Pietri et al. as an alternative to the one proposed by Barrett and Crane.
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Ward-constrained melonic renormalization group flow for the rank-four $\phi^6$ tensorial group field theory
For the rank-4 φ6 tensorial group field theory, the authors derive a Ward-constrained renormalization group flow and report a nontrivial fixed point, but the fixed point's reported values violate their own consistency condition.