Lattice loop quantum cosmology: scalar perturbations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/21/215013zbMATH Open1266.83061arXiv1205.3370OpenAlexW3105013941MaRDI QIDQ4920164FDOQ4920164

Edward Wilson-Ewing

Publication date: 16 May 2013

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

Abstract: We study the scalar modes of linear perturbations in loop quantum cosmology. This is done on a lattice where each cell is taken to be homogeneous and isotropic and can be quantized via standard homogeneous loop quantum cosmology techniques. The appropriate interactions between nearby cells are included in the Hamiltonian in order to obtain the correct physics. It is shown that the quantum theory is anomaly-free: the scalar and diffeomorphism constraint operators weakly commute with the Hamiltonian. Finally, the effective theory encoding the leading order quantum gravity corrections is derived and is shown to give the same holonomy-corrected effective equations that have been obtained in previous studies.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3370

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonianscalar perturbationsholonomy-corrected effective equationsLattice loop quantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) 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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