Three-dimensional gravity from the Turaev-Viro invariant

Oct, 1991
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 68 (1992) 1795-1798
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Report number:
  • YITP-U-91-43

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Abstract:
We study the qq-deformed su(2) spin network as a 3-dimensional quantum gravity model. We show that in the semiclassical continuum limit the Turaev-Viro invariant obtained recently defines naturally regularized path-integral aˋ\grave{\rm a} la Ponzano-Regge, In which a contribution from the cosmological term is effectively included. The regularization dependent cosmological constant is found to be 4π 2k 2+O(k 4){4\pi~2\over k~2} +O(k~{-4}), where q 2k=1q~{2k}=1. We also discuss the relation to the Euclidean Chern-Simons-Witten gravity in 3-dimension.
  • talk: Kyoto 1991/09/09
  • quantum gravity: simplex
  • dimension: 3
  • approximation: semiclassical
  • path integral
  • regularization
  • group: SU(2)
  • Clebsch-Gordan coefficients