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Dimitri Marinelli
Physics Department Universit`
a degli Studi di Pavia
and I.N.F.N. - Pavia
in collaboration with
Prof. G. Immirzi
Regge calculus
(Regge 1961)
Regge calculus
(Regge 1961)
In this talk:
discretized
S R - cylindrical model
General Relativity
4-dimensional differential manifold M
m
a metric tensor g with signature (, +, +, +)
S [g ] =
c4 Z
R [g ] g d 4 x + LM [g ] g d 4 x
16G M
Spacetime is replaced by a
Deficit angle
A deficit angle is introduced = 2 6
Deficit angle
A deficit angle is introduced = 2 6
Regge action
Einstein-Hilbert action for conic singularities Sorkin-1974
In Minkowski spacetime:
t =t
x = r cos (k() )
k () 1 2
y = r sin (k() )
[0, 2[
z=z
g0 =
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
r2
1 2
0
0
Regularizing
cusp we can calculate the Ricci scalar
the
2
r
if
r0
2
00
0
e 2(r) =
R
=
2
(r)
+
(
(r))
2
r 2 1 2
if r 0
ZZZZ
1
d dr dz dt R g =
8
p
ZZ
dz dt =
1
A
8
Regge action
Einstein-Hilbert action for conic singularities Sorkin-1974
In Minkowski spacetime:
t =t
x = r cos (k() )
k () 1 2
y = r sin (k() )
[0, 2[
z=z
g0 =
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1 2
r2
0
0
Regularizing
cusp we can calculate the Ricci scalar
the
2
r
if
r0
2
00
0
e 2(r) =
R
=
2
(r)
+
(
(r))
2
r 2 1 2
if r 0
ZZZZ
1
d dr dz dt R g =
8
p
ZZ
dz dt =
1
A
8
Regge action
Einstein-Hilbert action for conic singularities Sorkin-1974
In Minkowski spacetime:
t =t
x = r cos (k() )
k () 1 2
y = r sin (k() )
[0, 2[
z=z
g0 =
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1 2
r2
0
0
Regularizing
cusp we can calculate the Ricci scalar
the
2
r
if
r0
2
00
0
e 2(r) =
R
=
2
(r)
+
(
(r))
2
r 2 1 2
if r 0
ZZZZ
1
d dr dz dt R g =
8
p
ZZ
dz dt =
1
A
8
Regge action
Einstein-Hilbert action for conic singularities Sorkin-1974
In Minkowski spacetime:
t =t
x = r cos (k() )
k () 1 2
y = r sin (k() )
[0, 2[
z=z
g0 =
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1 2
r2
0
0
Regularizing
cusp we can calculate the Ricci scalar
the
2
r
if
r0
2
00
0
e 2(r) =
R
=
2
(r)
+
(
(r))
2
r 2 1 2
if r 0
ZZZZ
1
d dr dz dt R g =
8
p
ZZ
dz dt =
1
A
8
Regge calculus
To study a gravitational system with Regge calculus one has to:
build a 4-dimensional triangulation (fix the topology),
find a solution of SR [le ] = 0 where
SR =
1 X
At t
8 t
for S 3 :
5-cell or Pentachoron
16-cell
600-cell
Tent-like evolution
space-like triangles
4
X
i+4
i+1
1
i+4
i+1
2
i+4
i+1
3
i+4
i+1
4
i+4
i+1
5
(1)
Ni (M )
= Nv 2Ne + 3Nt 4N + 5N
Ni (M )
= Ne + 3Nt 6N + 10N
Ni (M )
= Nt 4N + 10N
Ni (M )
= N + 5N
Ni (M )
= N
i=0
Ne () Ne () =
4
X
(1)
i=1
Nt () Nt () =
4
X
(1)
i=2
N () N () =
4
X
(1)
i=3
N () N () =
4
X
i=4
(1)
Combinatorial-symmetric scheme
potentially all edges space-like
30 s
Combinatorial-symmetric scheme
l0
d
d
d
l
l
Metric structure
Conclusions
Regge calculus can be an important tool both to understand
classical gravity and as a map in the labyrinth of the modern
models of quantum gravity.
Thank you.
Conclusions
Regge calculus can be an important tool both to understand
classical gravity and as a map in the labyrinth of the modern
models of quantum gravity.
Thank you.