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Self-Energy of the Lorentzian EPRL-FK Spin Foam Model of Quantum Gravity

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We calculate the most divergent contribution to the non-degenerate sector of the self-energy (or "melonic") graph in the context of the Lorentzian EPRL-FK Spin Foam model of Quantum Gravity. We find that such a contribution is logarithmically divergent in the cut-off over the SU(2)-representation spins when one chooses the face amplitude guaranteeing the face-splitting invariance of the foam.We also find that the dependence on the boundary data is different from that of the bare propagator. This fact has its origin in the non-commutativity of the EPRL-FK Y-map with the projector onto SL(2,C)-invariant states. In the course of the paper, we discuss in detail the approximations used during the calculations, its geometrical interpretation as well as the physical consequences of our result.

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hal-00871559 , version 1 (09-10-2013)

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Aldo Riello. Self-Energy of the Lorentzian EPRL-FK Spin Foam Model of Quantum Gravity. Physical Review D, 2013, 88, pp.024011. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.88.024011⟩. ⟨hal-00871559⟩
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