Curvature profiles for quantum gravity
arXiv:2011.10168 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.026019
Abstract
Building on the recently introduced notion of quantum Ricci curvature and motivated by considerations in nonperturbative quantum gravity, we advocate a new, global observable for curved metric spaces, the curvature profile. It is obtained by integrating the scale-dependent, quasi-local quantum Ricci curvature, and therefore also depends on a coarse-graining scale. To understand how the distribution of local, Gaussian curvature is reflected in the curvature profile, we compute it on a class of regular polygons with isolated conical singularities. We focus on the case of the tetrahedron, for which we have a good computational control of its geodesics, and compare its curvature profile to that of a smooth sphere. The two are distinct, but qualitatively similar, which confirms that the curvature profile has averaging properties which are interesting from a quantum point of view.
arXiv comment30 pages, 14 figures
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