Four-dimensional spin foam perturbation theory

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2011.094zbMath1250.81097arXiv0911.1700OpenAlexW2138531019WikidataQ57602575 ScholiaQ57602575MaRDI QIDQ431371

João Faria Martins, Aleksandar Miković

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1700

zbMATH Keywords

spin networksBF-theorycrane-Yetter invariantdilute-gas limitspin foam modelsspin-foam perturbation theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56)