Published June 6, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

The effective action in 4-dim CDT. The transfer matrix approach

  • 1. IMAPP, Radboud University,Niemegen (Netherlands)
  • 2. The Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University,Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø (Denmark)
  • 3. Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University,Reymonta 4, PL 30-059 Krakow (Poland)

Description

We measure the effective action in all three phases of 4-dimensional Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT) using the transfer matrix method. The transfer matrix is parametrized by the total 3-volume of the CDT universe at a given (discrete) time. We present a simple effective model based on the transfer matrix measured in the de Sitter phase. It allows us to reconstruct the results of full CDT in this phase. We argue that the transfer matrix method is valid not only inside the de Sitter phase ('C') but also in the other two phases. A parametrization of the measured transfer matrix/effective action in the 'A' and 'B' phases is proposed and the relation to phase transitions is explained. We discover a potentially new 'bifurcation' phase separating the de Sitter phase ('C') and the 'collapsed' phase ('B')

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)034; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/2751

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2014
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
p. 34
ISSN
1029-8479

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Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP06(2014)034; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:2751
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)