3D Quantum Gravity and Effective Noncommutative Quantum Field Theory

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Authors

Laurent Freidel · École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Etera R. Livine · École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Abstract

We show that the effective dynamics of matter fields coupled to 3D quantum gravity is described after integration over the gravitational degrees of freedom by a braided noncommutative quantum field theory symmetric under a kappa deformation of the Poincaré group.

Topics & Keywords

Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

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Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 96, Issue 22, pp. 221301-221301

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.221301

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