Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5494300 | Nuclear Physics B | 2017 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
3+1 dimensional Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT) describe a quantum theory of fluctuating geometries without the introduction of a background geometry. If the topology of space is constrained to be that of a three-dimensional torus we show that the system will fluctuate around a dynamically formed background geometry which can be understood from a simple minisuperspace action which contains both a classical part and a quantum part. We determine this action by integrating out degrees of freedom in the full model, as well as by transfer matrix methods.
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Authors
J. Ambjørn, J. Gizbert-Studnicki, A. Görlich, K. Grosvenor, J. Jurkiewicz,