3d Spinfoam Quantum Gravity: Matter as a Phase of the Group Field Theory

Etera R. Livine; Winston Fairbairn

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3d Spinfoam Quantum Gravity: Matter as a Phase of the Group Field Theory

Winston Fairbairn, Etera R. Livine

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Submitted 23 Feb 2007

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The authors' main claim The most general solutions lead to field theories with non-linear redefinitions of the momentum which we propose to interpret as living on curved space-times.

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CitationEtera R. Livine, Winston Fairbairn. "3d Spinfoam Quantum Gravity: Matter as a Phase of the Group Field Theory." arXiv:gr-qc/0702125 (2007). https://pith.science/paper/Q2RAM24S

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An effective field theory for matter coupled to three-dimensional quantum gravity was recently derived in the context of spinfoam models in hep-th/0512113. In this paper, we show how this relates to group field theories and generalized matrix models. In the first part, we realize that the effective field theory can be recasted as a matrix model where couplings between matrices of different sizes can occur. In a second part, we provide a family of classical solutions to the three-dimensional group field theory. By studying perturbations around these solutions, we generate the dynamics of the effective field theory. We identify a particular case which leads to the action of hep-th/0512113 for a massive field living in a flat non-commutative space-time. The most general solutions lead to field theories with non-linear redefinitions of the momentum which we propose to interpret as living on curved space-times. We conclude by discussing the possible extension to four-dimensional spinfoam models.

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An effective field theory for matter coupled to three-dimensional quantum gravity was recently derived in the context of spinfoam models in hep-th/0512113. In this paper, we show how this relates to group field theories and generalized matrix models. In the first part, we realize that the effective field theory can be recasted as a matrix model where couplings between matrices of different sizes can occur. In a second part, we provide a family of classical solutions to the three-dimensional group field theory. By studying perturbations around these solutions, we generate the dynamics of the effective field theory. We identify a particular case which leads to the action of hep-th/0512113 for a massive field living in a flat non-commutative space-time. The most general solutions lead to field theories with non-linear redefinitions of the momentum which we propose to interpret as living on curved space-times. We conclude by discussing the possible extension to four-dimensional spinfoam models.

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We generalize the “flat solution" ansatz of the 3d group field theory to the four-dimensional case [ref] : ϕ^(0)(g_i) ≡ ^3√(4!λ)∫dg δ(g_1g)F(g_2g)(g_3g)δ(g_4g).

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