Simplifying the spectral analysis of the volume operator

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00334-9zbMATH Open0935.83012arXivgr-qc/9706038MaRDI QIDQ1362731FDOQ1362731

Authors: Renate Loll 

Publication date: 6 August 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The volume operator plays a central role in both the kinematics and dynamics of canonical approaches to quantum gravity which are based on algebras of generalized Wilson loops. We introduce a method for simplifying its spectral analysis, for quantum states that can be realized on a cubic three-dimensional lattice. This involves a decomposition of Hilbert space into sectors transforming according to the irreducible representations of a subgroup of the cubic group. As an application, we determine the complete spectrum for a class of states with six-valent intersections.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9706038

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zbMATH Keywords

canonical quantum gravityHilbert space decompositionlattice gravitycomplete state spectrumoctagonal groupWilson loop algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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