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Area Regge calculus and discontinuous metrics

Chris Wainwright1 and Ruth M Williams1,2

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Taking the triangle areas as independent variables in the theory of Regge calculus can lead to ambiguities in the edge lengths, which can be interpreted as discontinuities in the metric. We construct solutions to area Regge calculus using a triangulated lattice and find that on a spacelike or timelike hypersurface no such discontinuity can arise. On a null hypersurface however, we can have such a situation and the resulting metric can be interpreted as a so-called refractive wave.


PACS

04.60.Pp Loop quantum gravity, quantum geometry, spin foams

04.60.Nc Lattice and discrete methods

MSC

83C27 Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Dates

Issue 21 (7 November 2004)

Received 15 June 2004, in final form 31 August 2004

Published 4 October 2004



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