Regge calculus from discontinuous metrics

Abstract

Regge calculus is considered as a particular case of the more general system where the linklengths of any two neighbouring 4-tetrahedra do not necessarily coincide on their common face. This system is treated as that one described by metric discontinuous on the faces. In the superspace of all discontinuous metrics the Regge calculus metrics form some hypersurface. Quantum theory of the discontinuous metric system is assumed to be fixed somehow in the form of quantum measure on (the space of functionals on) the superspace. The problem of reducing this measure to the Regge hypersurface is addressed. The quantum Regge calculus measure is defined from a discontinuous metric measure by inserting the $\delta$-function-like phase factor. The requirement that this reduction would respect natural physical properties (positivity, well-defined continuum limit, absence of lattice artefacts) put rather severe restrictions and allows to define practically uniquely this phase factor.

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