Published February 7, 2009 | Version v1
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A note on B-observables in Ponzano-Regge 3D quantum gravity

Creators

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique, ENS Lyon, CNRS UMR 5672, 46 Allee d'Italie, 69007 Lyon (France)
  • 2. Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5 (Canada)

Description

We study the insertion and value of metric observables in the (discrete) path integral formulation of the Ponzano-Regge spinfoam model for 3D quantum gravity. In particular, we discuss the length spectrum and the relation between insertion of such B-observables and gauge fixing in the path integral.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/26/3/035013

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/26/3/035013;
PII
S0264-9381(09)91760-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[19 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41106117
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
LENGTH; METRICS; PATH INTEGRALS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY