Topological Quantum Gravity of the Ricci Flow

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.15369v1
• Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 06:15:30 GMT
• Title: Topological Quantum Gravity of the Ricci Flow
• Authors: Alexander Frenkel, Petr Horava, Stephen Randall
• Abstract summary: We present a family of topological quantum gravity theories associated with the geometric theory of the Ricci flow. First, we use BRST quantization to construct a "primitive" topological Lifshitz-type theory for only the spatial metric. We extend the primitive theory by gauging foliation-preserving spacetime symmetries.
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• Abstract: We present a family of topological quantum gravity theories associated with the geometric theory of the Ricci flow on Riemannian manifolds. First we use BRST quantization to construct a "primitive" topological Lifshitz-type theory for only the spatial metric, with spatial diffeomorphism invariance and no gauge symmetry, associated with Hamilton's Ricci flow: Hamilton's flow equation appears as the localization equation of the primitive theory. Then we extend the primitive theory by gauging foliation-preserving spacetime symmetries. Crucially, all our theories are required to exhibit an ${\cal N}=2$ extended BRST symmetry. First, we gauge spatial diffeomorphisms, and show that this gives us access to the mathematical technique known as the DeTurck trick. Finally, we gauge foliation-preserving time reparametrizations, both with the projectable and nonprojectable lapse function. The path integral of the full theory is localized to the solutions of Ricci-type flow equations, generalizing those of Perelman. The role of Perelman's dilaton is played by the nonprojectable lapse function. Perelman's ${\cal F}$-functional appears as the superpotential of our theory. Since there is no spin-statistics theorem in nonrelativistic quantum field theory, the two supercharges of our gravity theory do not have to be interpreted as BRST charges and, after the continuation to real time, the theory can be studied as a candidate for nonrelativistic quantum gravity with propagating bosonic and fermionic degrees of freedom.

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