On loop quantum gravity kinematics with a non-degenerate spatial background

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/22/225007MaRDI QIDQ3065942zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hanno Sahlmann

Publication date 7 January 2011

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.0388

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: In a remarkable paper, T. Koslowski introduced kinematical representations for loop quantum gravity in which there is a non-degenerate spatial background metric present. He also considered their properties, and showed that Gauss and diffeomorphism constraints can be implemented. With the present article, we streamline and extend his treatment. In particular, we show that the standard regularization of the geometric operators leads to well defined operators in the new representations, and we work out their properties fully. We also give details on the implementation of the constraints. All of this is done in such a way as to show that the standard representation is a particular (and in some ways exceptional) case of the more general constructions. This does not mean that these new representations are as fundamental as the standard one. Rather, we believe they might be useful to find some form of effective theory of loop quantum gravity on large scales.

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