TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kegeles, Alexander
A1  - Oriti, Daniele
A1  - Tomlin, Casey
T1  - Inequivalent coherent state representations in group field theory
JF  - Classical and quantum gravit
N2  - In this paper we propose an algebraic formulation of group field theory and consider non-Fock representations based on coherent states. We show that we can construct representations with an infinite number of degrees of freedom on compact manifolds. We also show that these representations break translation symmetry. Since such representations can be regarded as quantum gravitational systems with an infinite number of fundamental pre-geometric building blocks, they may be more suitable for the description of effective geometrical phases of the theory.
KW  - group field theory
KW  - quantum gravity
KW  - quantum field theory
KW  - spin foam models
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aac39f
SN  - 0264-9381
SN  - 1361-6382
VL  - 35
IS  - 12
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  -