Finite states in four-dimensional quantum gravity: the isotropic minisuperspace Asktekar–Klein–Gordon model

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/12/125002zbMATH Open1144.83313arXivgr-qc/0703056OpenAlexW2050047397MaRDI QIDQ3514955FDOQ3514955

Authors: Eyo Eyo III Ita 

Publication date: 23 July 2008

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

Abstract: In this paper we construct the generalized Kodama state for the case of a Klein--Gordon scalar field coupled to Ashtekar variables in isotropic minisuperspace by a new method. The criterion for finiteness of the state stems from a minisuperspace reduction of the quantized full theory, rather than the conventional techniques of reduction prior to quantization. We then provide a possible route to the reproduction of a semiclassical limit via these states. This is the result of a new principle of the semiclassical-quantum correspondence (SQC), introduced in the first paper in this series. Lastly, we examine the solution to the minisuperspace case at the semiclassical level for an isotropic CDJ matrix neglecting any quantum corrections and examine some of the implications in relation to results from previous authors on semiclassical orbits of spacetime, including inflation. It is suggested that the application of nonperturbative quantum gravity, by way of the SQC, might potentially lead to some predictions testable below the Planck scale.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703056

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Reconsiderations on the formulation of general relativity based on Riemannian structures
• Finite states in four-dimensional quantized gravity

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