Non-commutative flux representation for loop quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/17/175011zbMATH Open1223.83051arXiv1004.3450OpenAlexW2078381478WikidataQ59239756 ScholiaQ59239756MaRDI QIDQ3173087FDOQ3173087

Bianca Dittrich, Johannes Tambornino, Aristide Baratin, Daniele Oriti

Publication date: 10 October 2011

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

Abstract: The Hilbert space of loop quantum gravity is usually described in terms of cylindrical functionals of the gauge connection, the electric fluxes acting as non-commuting derivation operators. It has long been believed that this non-commutativity prevents a dual flux (or triad) representation of loop quantum gravity to exist. We show here, instead, that such a representation can be explicitly defined, by means of a non-commutative Fourier transform defined on the loop gravity state space. In this dual representation, flux operators act by *-multiplication and holonomy operators act by translation. We describe the gauge invariant dual states and discuss their geometrical meaning. Finally, we apply the construction to the simpler case of a U(1) gauge group and compare the resulting flux representation with the triad representation used in loop quantum cosmology.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3450

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(C^*)-algebras and (W^*)-algebras in relation to group representations (22D25) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65)

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