MPS-RR 1998-33
December 1998

Connected Correlators in Quantum Gravity

Jan Ambjørn

P. Bialas, J. Jurkiewicz

Abstract

We discuss the concept of connected, reparameterization invariant matter correlators in quantum gravity. We analyze the effect of discretization in two solvable cases: branched polymers and two-dimensional simplicial gravity. In both cases the naively defined connected correlators for a fixed volume display an anomalous behavior, which could be interpreted as a long-range order. We suggest that this is in fact only a highly non-trivial finite-size effect and propose an improved definition of the connected correlator, which reduces the effect. Using this definition we illustrate the appearance of a long-range spin order in the Ising model on a two-dimensional random lattice in an external magnetic field $H$, when $H \to 0$ and $\beta = \beta_C$.

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