Published April 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum gravity and spin systems

  • 1. Technische Univ., Vienna (Austria). Inst. fuer Kernphysik

Description

A new method for nonperturbative investigations of quantum gravity is presented in which the simplicial path integral is approximated by the partition function of a spin system. This facilitates analytical and numerical computations considerably. In two dimensions equivalence to an Ising model with ternary couplings is recovered. First simulations in four dimensions indicate strong similarities to the phase structure of original Regge theory. ((orig.))

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
42
Journal Page Range
p. 710-712.
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
12. international symposium on lattice field theory (Lattice-12).
Dates
27 Sep - 1 Oct 1994.
Place
Bielefeld (Germany).