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arxiv: 1103.4602 · v3 · pith:Z2HFEUI3new · submitted 2011-03-23 · 🌀 gr-qc

Curvature in spinfoams

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keywords amplitudeclassicallimitspinfoamsamplitudesboundarybubblescase
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We consider spinfoam quantum gravity. We show in a simple case that the amplitude projects over a nontrivial (curved) classical geometry. This suggests that, at least for spinfoams without bubbles and for large values of the boundary spins, the amplitude takes the form of a path integral over Regge metrics, thus enforcing discrete Einstein equations in the classical limit. The result relies crucially on a new interpretation of the semiclassical limit for the amplitudes truncated to a fixed 2-complex.

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