Positivity of relativistic spin network evaluations

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2002-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0211106v2

Adv.Theor.Math.Phys. 6 (2002) 827-846

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

15 pages, LaTeX2e, 8 figures

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Let G be a compact Lie group. Using suitable normalization conventions, we show that the evaluation of GxG-symmetric spin networks is non-negative whenever the edges are labeled by representations of the form V\otimes V^* where V is a representation of G, and the intertwiners are generalizations of the Barrett--Crane intertwiner. This includes in particular the relativistic spin networks with symmetry group Spin(4) or SO(4). We also present a counterexample, using the finite group S_3, to the stronger conjecture that all spin network evaluations are non-negative as long as they can be written using only group integrations and index contractions. This counterexample applies in particular to the product of five 6j-symbols which appears in the spin foam model of the S_3-symmetric BF-theory on the two-complex dual to a triangulation of the sphere S^3 using five tetrahedra. We show that this product is negative real for a particular assignment of representations to the edges.

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