A handlebody calculus for topology change
Class.Quant.Grav. 15 (1998) 1859-1879 We consider certain interesting processes in quantum gravity which involve a change of spatial topology. We use Morse theory and the machinery of handlebodies to characterise topology changes as suggested by Sorkin. Our results support the view that that the pai...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Class.Quant.Grav. 15 (1998) 1859-1879 We consider certain interesting processes in quantum gravity which involve a
change of spatial topology. We use Morse theory and the machinery of
handlebodies to characterise topology changes as suggested by Sorkin. Our
results support the view that that the pair production of Kaluza-Klein
monopoles and the nucleation of various higher dimensional objects are allowed
transitions with non-zero amplitude. |
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| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9711042 |