Building blocks for topology change in 3D
| dc.creator | Ionicioiu, Radu | |
| dc.date | 1997-11-23 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:32:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:32:01Z | |
| dc.description | We investigate topology change in 3D. Using Morse theory and handle decomposition we find the set of elementary cobordisms for 3-manifolds. These are: (i) Ø<-> S^2; (ii) Σ_g <-> Σ_{g+1}; (iii) Σ_{g_1} \sqcup Σ_{g_2} <-> Σ_{g_1+g_2} and they have appealing physical interpretations, e.g. Big Bang/Big Crunch, wormhole creation/annihilation and Einstein-Rosen bridge creation/annihilation, respectively. This decomposition into building blocks can be used in the path integral approach to quantum gravity in the sum over topologies. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, LaTeX, 13 figures, uses epsf | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9711069 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9711069 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36076 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Building blocks for topology change in 3D | |
| dc.type | text |