Simplifying the spectral analysis of the volume operator

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00334-9MaRDI QIDQ1362731zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Renate Loll

Publication date 6 August 1997

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9706038

zbMATH Keywords

canonical quantum gravityHilbert space decompositionlattice gravitycomplete state spectrumoctagonal groupWilson loop algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: The volume operator plays a central role in both the kinematics and dynamics of canonical approaches to quantum gravity which are based on algebras of generalized Wilson loops. We introduce a method for simplifying its spectral analysis, for quantum states that can be realized on a cubic three-dimensional lattice. This involves a decomposition of Hilbert space into sectors transforming according to the irreducible representations of a subgroup of the cubic group. As an application, we determine the complete spectrum for a class of states with six-valent intersections.

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