Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1997-03-11
Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 045007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
16 pages, REVTEX, 8 Encapsulated Postscript figures using psfig, minor changes in text and references
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.58.045007
A gauge invariant Hamiltonian representation for SU(2) in terms of a spin network basis is introduced. The vectors of the spin network basis are independent and the electric part of the Hamiltonian is diagonal in this representation. The corresponding path integral for SU(2) lattice gauge theory is expressed as a sum over colored surfaces, i.e. only involving the $j_p$ attached to the lattice plaquettes. This surfaces may be interpreted as the world sheets of the spin networks In 2+1 dimensions, this can be accomplished by working in a lattice dual to a tetrahedral lattice constructed on a face centered cubic Bravais lattice. On such a lattice, the integral of gauge variables over boundaries or singular lines -- which now always bound three coloured surfaces -- only contributes when four singular lines intersect at one vertex and can be explicitly computed producing a 6-j or Racah symbol. We performed a strong coupling expansion for the free energy. The convergence of the series expansions is quite different from the series expansions which were performed in ordinary cubic lattices. In the case of ordinary cubic lattices the strong coupling expansions up to the considered truncation number of plaquettes have the great majority of their coefficients positive, while in our case we have almost equal number of contributions with both signs. Finally, it is discused the connection in the naive coupling limit between this action and that of the B-F topological field theory and also with the pure gravity action.
Aroca J. M.
Fort Hugo
Gambini Rodolfo
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