PIRSA:13110063

Divergences in Spinfoam Quantum Gravity

Riello, A. (2013). Divergences in Spinfoam Quantum Gravity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13110063

Riello, Aldo. Divergences in Spinfoam Quantum Gravity. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 28, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13110063 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:13110063,
            doi = {10.48660/13110063},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13110063},
            author = {Riello, Aldo},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Divergences in Spinfoam Quantum Gravity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:13110063 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Aldo Riello Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

DOI 10.48660/13110063
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

The most relevant evidences in favour of the Lorentzian EPRL-FK spinfoam model come from its capibility of reproducing the expected semiclassical limit in the large spin regime. The main examples of this are the large spin limit of the vertex amplitude, later extended to arbitrary triangulations, and that of the spinfoam graviton propagator, which was calculated on the simplest possible two complex. These results are very promising. Nonetheless, their relevance may be endangered by the effects associated to radiative corrections. In this seminar, I will focus on the role played by the simplest diverging graph, the so called 'melon graph', which is known to play a fundamental role in tensorial group field theories. In particular, I will discuss its most divergent part and its geometrical interpretation. I will finally comment on the result, with particular attention to its physical consequences, especially in relation with the semiclassical limit of the spinfoam graviton propagator.