Title of article
Regge gravity on general triangulations
Author/Authors
Wolfgang Beirl، نويسنده , , Harald Markum، نويسنده , , Jürgen Riedler، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1994
Pages
7
From page
12
To page
18
Abstract
We investigate quantum gravity in four dimensions using the Regge approach on triangulations of the four-torus with general, non-regular incidence matrices. We observe that the simplicial lattice with originally 31 regular vertices tends to develop spikes at irregularly inserted vertices with low coordination numbers even for vanishing gravitational coupling. Different to the regular, hypercubic lattices almost exclusively used in previous studies, we find now that the observables depend on the measure. Computations with nonvanishing gravitational coupling still reveal the existence of a region with well-defined expectation values. However, the phase structure depends on the triangulation with the regular and additional vertices undergoing two separate transitions. Even with additional higher-order terms in the action the critical behavior of the system changes with varying (local) coordination numbers.
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Serial Year
1994
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Record number
904293
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