
arXiv: 0911.1700
We define a four-dimensional spin-foam perturbation theory for the ${\rm BF}$-theory with a $B\wedge B$ potential term defined for a compact semi-simple Lie group $G$ on a compact orientable 4-manifold $M$. This is done by using the formal spin foam perturbative series coming from the spin-foam generating functional. We then regularize the terms in the perturbative series by passing to the category of representations of the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$ where $\mathfrak{g}$ is the Lie algebra of $G$ and $q$ is a root of unity. The Chain-Mail formalism can be used to calculate the perturbative terms when the vector space of intertwiners $��\otimes ��\to A$, where $A$ is the adjoint representation of $\mathfrak{g}$, is 1-dimensional for each irrep $��$. We calculate the partition function $Z$ in the dilute-gas limit for a special class of triangulations of restricted local complexity, which we conjecture to exist on any 4-manifold $M$. We prove that the first-order perturbative contribution vanishes for finite triangulations, so that we define a dilute-gas limit by using the second-order contribution. We show that $Z$ is an analytic continuation of the Crane-Yetter partition function. Furthermore, we relate $Z$ to the partition function for the $F\wedge F$ theory.
High Energy Physics - Theory, dilute-gas limit, crane-Yetter invariant, FOS: Physical sciences, Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations, Mathematical Physics (math-ph), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), spin foam models, Quantum field theory on lattices, Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Crane-Yetter invariant, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect, QA1-939, spin-foam perturbation theory, Quantization of the gravitational field, BF-theory, Topological field theories in quantum mechanics, spin networks, Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory, Mathematics, Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory, dilute-gas limit, crane-Yetter invariant, FOS: Physical sciences, Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations, Mathematical Physics (math-ph), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), spin foam models, Quantum field theory on lattices, Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Crane-Yetter invariant, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect, QA1-939, spin-foam perturbation theory, Quantization of the gravitational field, BF-theory, Topological field theories in quantum mechanics, spin networks, Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory, Mathematics, Mathematical Physics
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