Surface state decoherence in loop quantum gravity, a first toy model

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA525CMaRDI QIDQ2971474zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexandre Feller, Etera R. Livine

Publication date 5 April 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.00182

zbMATH Keywords

decoherenceloop quantum gravitymaster equationquantum surfacesurface dynamicstoy model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Black holes (83C57)

Abstract: The quantum-to-classical transition through decoherence is a major facet of the semi-classical analysis of quantum models that are supposed to admit a classical regime, as quantum gravity should be. A particular problem of interest is the decoherence of black hole horizons and holographic screens induced by the bulk-boundary coupling with interior degrees of freedom. Here in this paper we present a first toy-model, in the context of loop quantum gravity, for the dynamics of a surface geometry as an open quantum system at fixed total area. We discuss the resulting decoherence and recoherence and compare the exact density matrix evolution to the commonly used master equation approximation {it `a la} Lindblad underlining its merits and limitations. The prospect of this study is to have a clearer understanding of the boundary decoherence of black hole horizons seen by outside observers.

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