A spin foam model for general Lorentzian 4-geometries

Details A spin foam model for general Lorentzian 4-geometries A spin foam model for general Lorentzian 4-geometries

2010-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/1002.1959v4

Class.Quant.Grav.27:185011,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

27 pages, 1 figure; v4: published version

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/27/18/185011

We derive simplicity constraints for the quantization of general Lorentzian 4-geometries. Our method is based on the correspondence between coherent states and classical bivectors and the minimization of associated uncertainties. For spacelike geometries, this scheme agrees with the master constraint method of the model by Engle, Pereira, Rovelli and Livine (EPRL). When it is applied to general Lorentzian geometries, we obtain new constraints that include the EPRL constraints as a special case. They imply a discrete area spectrum for both spacelike and timelike surfaces. We use these constraints to define a spin foam model for general Lorentzian 4-geometries.

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