259 research outputs found
Entropy estimates for Simplicial Quantum Gravity
Through techniques of controlled topology we determine the entropy function characterizing the distribution of combinatorially inequivalent metric ball coverings of n-dimensional manifolds of bounded geometry for every n ≥ 2. Such functions control the asymptotic distribution of dynamical triangulations of the corresponding n-dimensional (pseudo)manifolds M of bounded geometry. They have an exponential leading behavior determined by the Reidemeister-Franz torsion associated with orthogonal representations of the fundamental group of the manifold. The subleading terms are instead controlled by the Euler characteristic of M. Such results are either consistent with the known asymptotics of dynamically triangulated two-dimensional surfaces, or with the numerical evidence supporting an exponential leading behavior for the number of inequivalent dynamical triangulations on three- and four-dimensional manifolds
The geometry of dynamical triangulations
We discuss the geometry of dynamical triangulations associated with
3-dimensional and 4-dimensional simplicial quantum gravity. We provide
analytical expressions for the canonical partition function in both cases, and
study its large volume behavior. In the space of the coupling constants of the
theory, we characterize the infinite volume line and the associated critical
points. The results of this analysis are found to be in excellent agreement
with the MonteCarlo simulations of simplicial quantum gravity. In particular,
we provide an analytical proof that simply-connected dynamically triangulated
4-manifolds undergo a higher order phase transition at a value of the inverse
gravitational coupling given by 1.387, and that the nature of this transition
can be concealed by a bystable behavior. A similar analysis in the
3-dimensional case characterizes a value of the critical coupling (3.845) at
which hysteresis effects are present.Comment: 166 pages, Revtex (latex) fil
Combinatorial and topological phase structure of non-perturbative n-dimensional quantum gravity
We provide a non-perturbative geometrical characterization of the partition
function of -dimensional quantum gravity based on a coarse classification of
riemannian geometries. We show that, under natural geometrical constraints, the
theory admits a continuum limit with a non-trivial phase structure parametrized
by the homotopy types of the class of manifolds considered. The results
obtained qualitatively coincide, when specialized to dimension two, with those
of two-dimensional quantum gravity models based on random triangulations of
surfaces.Comment: 13 page
Entropy of random coverings and 4D quantum gravity
We discuss the counting of minimal geodesic ball coverings of -dimensional
riemannian manifolds of bounded geometry, fixed Euler characteristic and
Reidemeister torsion in a given representation of the fundamental group. This
counting bears relevance to the analysis of the continuum limit of discrete
models of quantum gravity. We establish the conditions under which the number
of coverings grows exponentially with the volume, thus allowing for the search
of a continuum limit of the corresponding discretized models. The resulting
entropy estimates depend on representations of the fundamental group of the
manifold through the corresponding Reidemeister torsion. We discuss the sum
over inequivalent representations both in the two-dimensional and in the
four-dimensional case. Explicit entropy functions as well as significant bounds
on the associated critical exponents are obtained in both cases.Comment: 54 pages, latex, no figure
Implementing holographic projections in Ponzano--Regge gravity
We consider the path-sum of Ponzano-Regge with additional boundary
contributions in the context of the holographic principle of Quantum Gravity.
We calculate an holographic projection in which the bulk partition function
goes to a semi-classical limit while the boundary state functional remains
quantum-mechanical. The properties of the resulting boundary theory are
discussed.Comment: 20 pages, late
The modular geometry of Random Regge Triangulations
We show that the introduction of triangulations with variable connectivity
and fluctuating egde-lengths (Random Regge Triangulations) allows for a
relatively simple and direct analyisis of the modular properties of 2
dimensional simplicial quantum gravity. In particular, we discuss in detail an
explicit bijection between the space of possible random Regge triangulations
(of given genus g and with N vertices) and a suitable decorated version of the
(compactified) moduli space of genus g Riemann surfaces with N punctures. Such
an analysis allows us to associate a Weil-Petersson metric with the set of
random Regge triangulations and prove that the corresponding volume provides
the dynamical triangulation partition function for pure gravity.Comment: 36 pages corrected typos, enhanced introductio
A Renormalization Group Approach to Relativistic Cosmology
We discuss the averaging hypothesis tacitly assumed in standard cosmology.
Our approach is implemented in a "3+1" formalism and invokes the coarse
graining arguments, provided and supported by the real-space Renormalization
Group (RG) methods. Block variables are introduced and the recursion relations
written down explicitly enabling us to characterize the corresponding RG flow.
To leading order, the RG flow is provided by the Ricci-Hamilton equations
studied in connection with the geometry of three-manifolds. The properties of
the Ricci-Hamilton flow make it possible to study a critical behaviour of
cosmological models. This criticality is discussed and it is argued that it may
be related to the formation of sheet-like structures in the universe. We
provide an explicit expression for the renormalized Hubble constant and for the
scale dependence of the matter distribution. It is shown that the Hubble
constant is affected by non-trivial scale dependent shear terms, while the
spatial anisotropy of the metric influences significantly the scale-dependence
of the matter distribution.Comment: 57 pages, LaTeX, 15 pictures available on request from the Author
Nondifferentiable Dynamic: Two Examples
Some nondifferentiable quantities (for example, the metric signature) can be
the independent physical degrees of freedom. It is supposed that in quantum
gravity these degrees of freedom can fluctuate. Two examples of such quantum
fluctuation are considered: a quantum interchange of the sign of two components
of the 5D metric and a quantum fluctuation between Euclidean and Lorentzian
metrics. The first case leads to a spin-like structure on the throat of
composite wormhole and to a possible inner structure of the string. The second
case leads to a quantum birth of the non-singular Euclidean Universe with
frozen dimension. The probability for such quantum fluctuations is
connected with an algorithmical complexity of the Einstein equations.Comment: essential changes: the initial equations in section III are changed,
as the consequence the obtained solution describes the quantum birth of the
nonsingular Universe with the matter (electromagnetic field=nondiagonal
components of the MD metric
Cosmological Perturbations in Renormalization Group Derived Cosmologies
A linear cosmological perturbation theory of an almost homogeneous and
isotropic perfect fluid Universe with dynamically evolving Newton constant
and cosmological constant is presented. A gauge-invariant formalism
is developed by means of the covariant approach, and the acoustic propagation
equations governing the evolution of the comoving fractional spatial gradients
of the matter density, , and are thus obtained. Explicit solutions
are discussed in cosmologies where both and vary according to
renormalization group equations in the vicinity of a fixed point.Comment: 22 pages, revtex, subeqn.sty, to appear on IJMP
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