Discrete quantum gravity: cosmological examples

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/15/305zbMATH Open1052.83017arXivgr-qc/0212033OpenAlexW2027769404WikidataQ57394206 ScholiaQ57394206MaRDI QIDQ4460993FDOQ4460993

Authors: Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin 

Publication date: 29 March 2004

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

Abstract: We consider the application of the consistent lattice quantum gravity approach we introduced recently to the situation of a Friedmann cosmology and also to Bianchi cosmological models. This allows us to work out in detail the computations involved in the determination of the Lagrange multipliers that impose consistency, and the implications of this determination. It also allows us to study the removal of the Big Bang singularity. Different discretizations can be achieved depending on the version of the classical theory chosen as a starting point and their relationships studied. We analyze in some detail how the continuum limit arises in various models. In particular we notice how remnants of the symmetries of the continuum theory are embodied in constants of the motion of the consistent discrete theory. The unconstrained nature of the discrete theory allows the consistent introduction of a relational time in quantum cosmology, free from the usual conceptual problems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0212033

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zbMATH Keywords

quantizationHamiltonianfieldgravitationallattice quantum gravityBianchi cosmological models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

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