A semiclassical tetrahedron

2006/06/30 by Carlo Rovelli, Simone Speziale · 37 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Construct (python library) #Dihedral angle #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #Semiclassical physics #Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics #State (computer science) #Tetrahedron #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/20/008

published in Classical and Quantum Gravity 23(20), 5861-5870 (IOP Publishing) · 10 pages; v2 revised version

arxiv created 2006/08/27 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We construct a macroscopic semiclassical state for a quantum tetrahedron. The expectation values of the geometrical operators representing the volume, areas and dihedral angles are peaked around assigned classical values, with vanishing relative uncertainties.

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