Hidden Quantum Gravity in 4d Feynman diagrams: Emergence of spin foams

dc.creatorBaratin, Aristide
dc.creatorFreidel, Laurent
dc.date2006-11-03
dc.date2007-03-28
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dc.descriptionWe show how Feynman amplitudes of standard QFT on flat and homogeneous space can naturally be recast as the evaluation of observables for a specific spin foam model, which provides dynamics for the background geometry. We identify the symmetries of this Feynman graph spin foam model and give the gauge-fixing prescriptions. We also show that the gauge-fixed partition function is invariant under Pachner moves of the triangulation, and thus defines an invariant of four-dimensional manifolds. Finally, we investigate the algebraic structure of the model, and discuss its relation with a quantization of 4d gravity in the limit where the Newton constant goes to zero.
dc.description28 pages (RevTeX4), 7 figures, references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611042
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611042
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.24:2027-2060,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/8/007
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194752
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.titleHidden Quantum Gravity in 4d Feynman diagrams: Emergence of spin foams
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