Phase Transition in (2+1)d Quantum Gravity
| dc.creator | Chen, Wei | |
| dc.date | 1994-04-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:20:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:20:08Z | |
| dc.description | (2+1) dimensional gravity is equivalent to an exactly soluble non-Abelian Chern-Simons gauge field theory (E Witten 1988). Regarding this as the topological phase of quantum gravity in (2+1)d, we suggest a topological symmetry breaking by introducing a mass term for the gauge fields, which carries a space-time metric and local dynamical degrees of freedom. We consider the finite temperature behavior of the symmetry broken phase, and claim a restoration of the topological invariance at some critical temperature. The phase transition is shown of the zeroth order. | |
| dc.description | IFT-490-UNC, 8 pages in latex | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404022 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9404022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/53842 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Phase Transition in (2+1)d Quantum Gravity | |
| dc.type | text |