275 research outputs found
Holonomy spin foam models: Asymptotic geometry of the partition function
We study the asymptotic geometry of the spin foam partition function for a
large class of models, including the models of Barrett and Crane, Engle,
Pereira, Rovelli and Livine, and, Freidel and Krasnov.
The asymptotics is taken with respect to the boundary spins only, no
assumption of large spins is made in the interior. We give a sufficient
criterion for the existence of the partition function. We find that geometric
boundary data is suppressed unless its interior continuation satisfies certain
accidental curvature constraints. This means in particular that most Regge
manifolds are suppressed in the asymptotic regime. We discuss this explicitly
for the case of the configurations arising in the 3-3 Pachner move. We identify
the origin of these accidental curvature constraints as an incorrect twisting
of the face amplitude upon introduction of the Immirzi parameter and propose a
way to resolve this problem, albeit at the price of losing the connection to
the SU(2) boundary Hilbert space.
The key methodological innovation that enables these results is the
introduction of the notion of wave front sets, and the adaptation of tools for
their study from micro local analysis to the case of spin foam partition
functions.Comment: 63 pages, 5 figures v2: Reference correcte
Geometric asymptotics for spin foam lattice gauge gravity on arbitrary triangulations
We study the behavior of holonomy spin foam partition functions, a form of
lattice gauge gravity, on generic 4d-triangulations using micro local analysis.
To do so we adapt tools from the renormalization theory of quantum field theory
on curved space times. This allows us, for the first time, to study the
partition function without taking any limits on the interior of the
triangulation.
We establish that for many of the most widely used models the geometricity
constraints, which reduce the gauge theory to a geometric one, introduce strong
accidental curvature constraints. These limit the curvature around each
triangle of the triangulation to a finite set of values. We demonstrate how to
modify the partition function to avoid this problem. Finally the new methods
introduced provide a starting point for studying the regularization ambiguities
and renormalization of the partition function.Comment: 4+6 pages, 1 figur
The Foster-Hart Measure of Riskiness for General Gambles
Foster and Hart proposed an operational measure of riskiness for discrete
random variables. We show that their defining equation has no solution for many
common continuous distributions including many uniform distributions, e.g. We
show how to extend consistently the definition of riskiness to continuous
random variables. For many continuous random variables, the risk measure is
equal to the worst--case risk measure, i.e. the maximal possible loss incurred
by that gamble. We also extend the Foster--Hart risk measure to dynamic
environments for general distributions and probability spaces, and we show that
the extended measure avoids bankruptcy in infinitely repeated gambles
Holonomy Spin Foam Models: Boundary Hilbert spaces and Time Evolution Operators
In this and the companion paper a novel holonomy formulation of so called
Spin Foam models of lattice gauge gravity are explored. After giving a natural
basis for the space of simplicity constraints we define a universal boundary
Hilbert space, on which the imposition of different forms of the simplicity
constraints can be studied. We detail under which conditions this Hilbert space
can be mapped to a Hilbert space of projected spin networks or an ordinary spin
network space.
These considerations allow to derive the general form of the transfer
operators which generates discrete time evolution. We will describe the
transfer operators for some current models on the different boundary Hilbert
spaces and highlight the role of the simplicity constraints determining the
concrete form of the time evolution operators.Comment: 51 pages, 18 figure
Quantum collapse rules from the maximum relative entropy principle
We show that the von Neumann--Lueders collapse rules in quantum mechanics
always select the unique state that maximises the quantum relative entropy with
respect to the premeasurement state, subject to the constraint that the
postmeasurement state has to be compatible with the knowledge gained in the
measurement. This way we provide an information theoretic characterisation of
quantum collapse rules by means of the maximum relative entropy principle.Comment: v2: some references added, improved presentation, result generalised
to cover nonfaithful states; v3: cross-ref to arXiv:1408.3502 added, v4: some
small corrections plus reference to a published version adde
Holonomy Spin Foam Models: Definition and Coarse Graining
We propose a new holonomy formulation for spin foams, which naturally extends
the theory space of lattice gauge theories. This allows current spin foam
models to be defined on arbitrary two-complexes as well as to generalize
current spin foam models to arbitrary, in particular finite groups. The
similarity with standard lattice gauge theories allows to apply standard coarse
graining methods, which for finite groups can now be easily considered
numerically. We will summarize other holonomy and spin network formulations of
spin foams and group field theories and explain how the different
representations arise through variable transformations in the partition
function. A companion paper will provide a description of boundary Hilbert
spaces as well as a canonical dynamic encoded in transfer operators.Comment: 36 pages, 12 figure
Bounds and Estimates for the Response to Correlated Fluctuations in Asymmetric Complex Networks
We study the spreading of correlated fluctuations through networks with
asymmetric and weighted coupling. This can be found in many real systems such
as renewable power grids. These systems have so far only been studied
numerically. By formulating a network adapted linear response theory, we derive
an analytic bound for the response. For colored we find that vulnerability
patterns noise are linked to the left Laplacian eigenvectors of the overdamped
modes. We show for a broad class of tree-like flow networks, that fluctuations
are enhanced in the opposite direction of the flow. This novel mechanism
explains vulnerability patterns that were observed in realistic simulations of
renewable power grids
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