Shape dynamical loop gravity from a conformal Immirzi parameter

DOI10.1142/S0218271817501310zbMATH Open1382.81233arXiv1701.07420MaRDI QIDQ4607865FDOQ4607865

Authors: Patrick J. Wong 

Publication date: 15 March 2018

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Immirzi parameter of loop quantum gravity is a one parameter ambiguity of the theory whose precise interpretation is not universally agreed upon. It is an inherent characteristic of the quantum theory as it appears in the spectra of geometric operators, despite being irrelevant at the classical level. The parameter's appearance in the area and volume spectra to the same power as the Planck area suggest that it plays a role in determining the fundamental length scale of space. In fact, a consistent interpretation is that it represents a constant rescaling of the kinematical spatial geometry. An interesting realization is that promoting the Immirzi parameter to be a general conformal transformation leads to a system which can be identified as analogous to the linking theory of shape dynamics. A three-dimensional gravitational gauge connection is then constructed within the linking theory in a manner analogous to loop quantum gravity, thereby facilitating the application of the established procedure of loop quantization.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07420

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zbMATH Keywords

shape dynamicsImmirzi parameter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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