Quantum holonomy theory

DOI10.1002/PROP.201600073zbMATH Open1349.83027arXiv1504.07100OpenAlexW1864095960WikidataQ56060193 ScholiaQ56060193MaRDI QIDQ2833145FDOQ2833145

Authors: Johannes Aastrup, Jesper Møller Grimstrup 

Publication date: 16 November 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present quantum holonomy theory, which is a non-perturbative theory of quantum gravity coupled to fermionic degrees of freedom. The theory is based on a C*-algebra that involves holonomy-diffeomorphisms on a 3-dimensional manifold and which encodes the canonical commutation relations of canonical quantum gravity formulated in terms of Ashtekar variables. Employing a Dirac type operator on the configuration space of Ashtekar connections we obtain a semi-classical state and a kinematical Hilbert space via its GNS construction. We use the Dirac type operator, which provides a metric structure over the space of Ashtekar connections, to define a scalar curvature operator, from which we obtain a candidate for a Hamilton operator. We show that the classical Hamilton constraint of general relativity emerges from this in a semi-classical limit and we then compute the operator constraint algebra. Also, we find states in the kinematical Hilbert space on which the expectation value of the Dirac type operator gives the Dirac Hamiltonian in a semi-classical limit and thus provides a connection to fermionic quantum field theory. Finally, an almost-commutative algebra emerges from the holonomy-diffeomorphism algebra in the same limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.07100

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zbMATH Keywords

Ashtekar variablesGNS construction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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