Lorentzian spinfoam propagator

Eugenio Bianchi and You Ding
Phys. Rev. D 86, 104040 – Published 16 November 2012

Abstract

The two-point correlation function is calculated in the Lorentzian Engle-Pereira-Rovelli-Livine spinfoam model and shown to match with the one in Regge calculus in a proper limit: large boundary spins j and small Barbero-Immirzi parameter γ0, keeping the size of the quantum geometry Aγj finite and fixed. Compared to the Euclidean case, the definition of a Lorentzian boundary state involves a new feature: the notion of past- and future-pointing intertwiners. The semiclassical correlation function is obtained for a time-oriented semiclassical boundary state.

  • Received 8 November 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.104040

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Eugenio Bianchi1,2 and You Ding1,3

  • 1Centre de Physique Théorique de Luminy, Case 907, F-13288 Marseille, France
  • 2Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street N, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 2Y
  • 3Department of Physics, Beijing Jiaotong University, 100044 Beijing, China

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Vol. 86, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2012

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