Gravitational binding in 4D dynamical triangulation

Abstract

In the dynamical triangulation model of four dimensional euclidean quantum gravity we investigate gravitational binding. Two scalar test particles (quenched approximation) have a positive binding energy, thereby showing that the model can represent gravitational attraction.

19 pages, LaTeX2e, version as accepted by Nucl Phys B

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