Nonperturbative Lorentzian path integral for gravity

被引:141
作者
Ambjorn, J
Jurkiewicz, J
Loll, R
机构
[1] Niels Bohr Inst, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
[2] Jagiellonian Univ, Inst Phys, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
[3] Max Planck Inst Gravitationsphy, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.924
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We construct a well-defined regularized path integral for Lorentzian quantum gravity in terms of dynamically triangulated causal space-times. Each Lorentzian geometry and its action have a unique Wick rotation to the Euclidean sector. All space-time histories possess a distinguished notion of a discrete proper time and, for finite lattice volume, the associated transfer matrix is self-adjoint, bounded. and strictly positive. The degenerate geometric phases found in dynamically triangulated Euclidean gravity are not present.
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页码:924 / 927
页数:4
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