Three-dimensional simplicial quantum gravity

Sep, 1991
21 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 373 (1992) 557-577
  • Published: 1992
Report number:
  • NBI-HE-91-45

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We consider a discrete model of euclidean quantum gravity in three dimensions based on a summation over random simplicial manifolds. The phase diagram as a function of the cosmological coupling constant and the gravitational coupling constant is studied in the search for a sensible continuum limit. An interesting cross-over behaviour is observed, where the universes changes from being crumpled, of essentially zero radius, to being extended objects.
  • quantum gravity: simplex
  • field theory: Euclidean
  • dimension: 3
  • cosmological constant
  • critical phenomena
  • partition function
  • lattice field theory
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo