Loop quantum cosmology: II. Volume operators

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/6/313MaRDI QIDQ4954058zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Bojowald

Publication date 7 January 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9910104

zbMATH Keywords

spectrumloop quantum theoryvolume operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: Volume operators measuring the total volume of space in a loop quantum theory of cosmological models are constructed. In the case of models with rotational symmetry an investigation of the Higgs constraint imposed on the reduced connection variables is necessary, a complete solution of which is given for isotropic models; in this case the volume spectrum can be calculated explicitly. It is observed that the stronger the symmetry conditions are the smaller is the volume spectrum, which can be interpreted as level splitting due to broken symmetries. Some implications for quantum cosmology are presented.

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