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Testing the imposition of the spin foam simplicity constraints

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We introduce a three-dimensional Plebanski action for the gauge group SO(4). In this model, the B field satisfies quadratic simplicity constraints similar to that of the four-dimensional Plebanski theory, but with the difference that the B field is now a 1-form. We exhibit a natural notion of ‘simple 1-form’, and identify a gravitational sector, a topological sector and a degenerate sector in the space of solutions to the simplicity constraints. Classically, in the gravitational sector, the action is shown to be equivalent to that of three-dimensional firstorder Riemannian gravity. This enables us to perform the complete spin foam quantization of the theory once the simplicity constraints are solved at the classical level, and to compare this result with the various models that have been proposed for the implementation of the constraints after quantization. In particular, we impose the simplicity constraints following the prescriptions of the so-called BC and EPRL models.We observe that the BC prescription cannot lead to the proper vertex amplitude. The EPRL prescription allows us to recover the expected result when, in this three-dimensional model, it is supplemented with additional secondary second class constraints.

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hal-02913147 , version 1 (07-08-2020)

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Marc Geiller, Karim Noui. Testing the imposition of the spin foam simplicity constraints. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2012, 29 (13), pp.135008. ⟨10.1088/0264-9381/29/13/135008⟩. ⟨hal-02913147⟩
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