Spin Foam Models with Finite Groups
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Bahr, Benjamin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0487-9684
Dittrich, Bianca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0072-5242
Ryan, James P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8473-6899
Abstract
jats:pSpin foam models, loop quantum gravity, and group field theory are discussed as quantum gravity candidate theories and usually involve a continuous Lie group. We advocate here to consider quantum gravity-inspired models with finite groups, firstly as a test bed for the full theory and secondly as a class of new lattice theories possibly featuring an analogue diffeomorphism symmetry. To make these notes accessible to readers outside the quantum gravity community, we provide an introduction to some essential concepts in the loop quantum gravity, spin foam, and group field theory approach and point out the many connections to the lattice field theory and the condensed-matter systems.</jats:p>
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5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 4902 Mathematical Physics, 49 Mathematical Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences
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Journal of Gravity
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2356-7422
2314-6907
2314-6907
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Hindawi Limited