Complete LQG propagator: Difficulties with the Barrett-Crane vertex
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma Tre, I-00146 Rome (Italy)
- Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy, Universite de la Mediterranee, F-13288 Marseille (France)
Some components of the graviton two-point function have been recently computed in the context of loop quantum gravity, using the spinfoam Barrett-Crane vertex. We complete the calculation of the remaining components. We find that, under our assumptions, the Barrett-Crane vertex does not yield the correct long-distance limit. We argue that the problem is general and can be traced to the intertwiner independence of the Barrett-Crane vertex, and therefore to the well-known mismatch between the Barrett-Crane formalism and the standard canonical spin networks. In another paper we illustrate the asymptotic behavior of a vertex amplitude that can correct this difficulty.
- OSTI ID:
- 21027838
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 76, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.104012; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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