Published July 11, 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Three-dimensional quantum gravity coupled to gauge fields

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
  • 2. Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver St., Cambridge CB3 9EW (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)

Description

We show how to simulate U(1) gauge fields coupled to three-dimensional quantum gravity and then examine the phase diagram of this system. Quenched mean field theory suggests that a transition separates confined and deconfined phases (for the gauge matter) in both the negative curvature phase and the positive curvature phase of the quantum gravity, but numerical simulations find no evidence for such transitions. ((orig.))

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
422
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 677-689.
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO