Published April 25, 1991
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Journal article
Conformal field theory, spin geometry, and quantum gravity
Description
The invariants of knotted graphs which come from rational conformal field theories are reinterpreted as discrete path integrals. The degenerate case corresponding to classical SU(2) has already been interpreted as a path integral for 3D quantum gravity. A beginning is made toward extending this interpretation to the quantum case. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters, (Section) B
- Journal Volume
- 259
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 243-248
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 22078128
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRAIC FIELD THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CASIMIR OPERATORS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; DIAGRAMS; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; GEOMETRY; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; RACAH COEFFICIENTS; RECURSION RELATIONS; SPINORS; SU-2 GROUPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOLOGY; WKB APPROXIMATION
- Descriptors DEC
- AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS