The particle interpretation of N = 1 supersymmetric spin foams

Valentina Baccetti (1) , Etera R Livine (2) , James P Ryan (3)

1 DF-Roma3 - Dipartimento de Fisica Roma Tre
2 Phys-ENS - Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon
3 AEI - Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik ( Albert-Einstein-Institut )

We show that N = 1-supersymmetric BF theory in 3d leads to a supersymmetric spin foam amplitude via a lattice discretisation. Furthermore, by analysing the supersymmetric quantum amplitudes, we show that they can be re-interpreted as 3d gravity coupled to embedded fermionic Feynman diagrams.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Valentina Baccetti, Etera R Livine, James P Ryan. The particle interpretation of N = 1 supersymmetric spin foams. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2010, 27 (22), pp.225022. ⟨10.1088/0264-9381/27/22/225022⟩. ⟨hal-00643040⟩