Transition probability spaces in loop quantum gravity

DOI10.1063/1.5022662zbMATH Open1387.83026arXiv1611.05325OpenAlexW2549934472WikidataQ130182641 ScholiaQ130182641MaRDI QIDQ4635280FDOQ4635280

Xiao-Kan Guo

Publication date: 16 April 2018

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the (generalized) transition probability spaces, in the sense of Mielnik and Cantoni, for spacetime quantum states in loop quantum gravity. First, we show that loop quantum gravity admits the structures of transition probability spaces. This is exemplified by first checking such structures in covariant quantum mechanics, and then identify the transition probability spaces in spin foam models via a simplified discrete version of general boundary formulation. The transition probability space thus defined gives a simple way to reconstruct the discrete analog of the Hilbert space of the canonical theory and the relevant quantum logical structures. Second, we show that the transition probability space and in particular the spin foam model are 2-categories. Then we discuss how to realize in spin foam models two proposals by Crane about the mathematical structures of quantum gravity, namely the quantum topos and causal sites. We conclude that transition probability spaces provide us with an alternative framework to understand various foundational questions of loop quantum gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05325

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zbMATH Keywords

loop quantum gravitytransition probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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