Coherent spin-networks

Eugenio Bianchi, Elena Magliaro, and Claudio Perini
Phys. Rev. D 82, 024012 – Published 14 July 2010

Abstract

In this paper we discuss a proposal of coherent states for loop quantum gravity. These states are labeled by a point in the phase space of general relativity as captured by a spin-network graph. They are defined as the gauge-invariant projection of a product over links of Hall’s heat kernels for the cotangent bundle of SU(2). The labels of the state are written in terms of two unit vectors, a spin and an angle for each link of the graph. The heat-kernel time is chosen to be a function of the spin. These labels are the ones used in the spin-foam setting and admit a clear geometric interpretation. Moreover, the set of labels per link can be written as an element of SL(2,C). These states coincide with Thiemann’s coherent states with the area operator as complexifier. We study the properties of semiclassicality of these states and show that, for large spins, they reproduce a superposition over spins of spin-networks with nodes labeled by Livine-Speziale coherent intertwiners. Moreover, the weight associated to spins on links turns out to be given by a Gaussian times a phase as originally proposed by Rovelli.

  • Received 18 February 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.024012

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Eugenio Bianchi1, Elena Magliaro1, and Claudio Perini1,2

  • 1Centre de Physique Théorique de Luminy,* case 907, F-13288 Marseille, France, European Union
  • 2Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma, Italy, European Union

  • *Unité mixte de recherche (UMR 6207) du CNRS et des Universités de Provence (Aix-Marseille I), de la Méditerranée (Aix-Marseille II) et du Sud (Toulon-Var); laboratoire affilié à la FRUMAM (FR 2291).

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Vol. 82, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2010

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