ENTROPY AND THE APPROACH TO THE THERMODYNAMIC LIMIT IN 3-DIMENSIONAL SIMPLICIAL GRAVITY

Authors
CATTERALL S KOGUT J RENKEN R
Citation
S. Catterall et al., ENTROPY AND THE APPROACH TO THE THERMODYNAMIC LIMIT IN 3-DIMENSIONAL SIMPLICIAL GRAVITY, Physics letters. Section B, 342(1-4), 1995, pp. 53-57
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
342
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
53 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)342:1-4<53:EATATT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We present numerical results supporting the existence of an exponentia l bound in the dynamical triangulation model of three-dimensional quan tum gravity. Both the critical coupling and the number of nodes per un it volume show a slow power law approach to the infinite volume limit.