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Ding, Y., Han, M., & Rovelli, C. (2011). Generalized Spinfoams. Physical Review D, 83: 124020. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.83.124020.

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Ding, You, Author
Han, Muxin1, Author           
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Free keywords: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, gr-qc
 Abstract: We reconsider the spinfoam dynamics that has been recently introduced, in the generalized Kaminski-Kisielowski-Lewandowski (KKL) version where the foam is not dual to a triangulation. We study the Euclidean as well as the Lorentzian case. We show that this theory can still be obtained as a constrained BF theory satisfying the simplicity constraint, now discretized on a general oriented 2-cell complex. This constraint implies that boundary states admit a (quantum) geometrical interpretation in terms of polyhedra, generalizing the tetrahedral geometry of the simplicial case. We also point out that the general solution to this constraint (imposed weakly) depends on a quantum number r_f in addition to those of loop quantum gravity. We compute the vertex amplitude and recover the KKL amplitude in the Euclidean theory when r_f=0. We comment on the eventual physical relevance of r_f, and the formal way to eliminate it.

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 Dates: 2010-11-092010-11-142011
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 16 pages, 3 figures
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Title: Physical Review D
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Publ. Info: Lancaster, Pa. : Published for the American Physical Society by the American Institute of Physics
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 83 Sequence Number: 124020 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0556-2821
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111088197762258