Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1843889 | Nuclear Physics B | 2008 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
We study the stability, propagation and interactions of braid states in models of quantum gravity in which the states are four-valent spin networks embedded in a topological three manifold and the evolution moves are given by the dual Pachner moves. There are results for both the framed and unframed cases. We study simple braids made up of two nodes which share three edges, which are possibly braided and twisted. We find three classes of such braids, those which both interact and propagate, those that only propagate, and the majority that do neither.
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Authors
Lee Smolin, Yidun Wan,