On relativistic spin network vertices

Details On relativistic spin network vertices On relativistic spin network vertices

1998-09-23

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9809067v1

J.Math.Phys. 40 (1999) 2046-2054

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

15 pages, one postscript figure (uses psfig)

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Barrett and Crane have proposed a model of simplicial Euclidean quantum gravity in which a central role is played by a class of Spin(4) spin networks called "relativistic spin networks" which satisfy a series of physically motivated constraints. Here a proof is presented that demonstrates that the intertwiner of a vertex of such a spin network is uniquely determined, up to normalization, by the representations on the incident edges and the constraints. Moreover, the constraints, which were formulated for four valent spin networks only, are extended to networks of arbitrary valence, and the generalized relativistic spin networks proposed by Yetter are shown to form the entire solution set (mod normalization) of the extended constraints. Finally, using the extended constraints, the Barrett-Crane model is generalized to arbitrary polyhedral complexes (instead of just simplicial complexes) representing spacetime. It is explained how this model, like the Barret-Crane model can be derived from BF theory by restricting the sum over histories to ones in which the left handed and right handed areas of any 2-surface are equal. It is known that the solutions of classical Euclidean GR form a branch of the stationary points of the BF action with respect to variations preserving this condition.

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