Published March 7, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

The status of quantum geometry in the dynamical sector of loop quantum cosmology

  • 1. Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Hoza 69, 00-681 Warszawa (Poland)

Description

This paper is motivated by the recent papers by Dittrich and Thiemann and, respectively, Rovelli discussing the status of quantum geometry in the dynamical sector of quantum geometry. Since the papers consider model examples, we also study the issue in the case of an example, namely on the loop quantum cosmology model of a space-isotropic universe. We derive the Rovelli-Thiemann-Dittrich partial observables corresponding to the quantum geometry operators of LQC in both Hilbert spaces: the kinematical one and the physical Hilbert space of solutions to the quantum constraints. We find that quantum geometry can be used to characterize the physical solutions, and the operators of quantum geometry preserve many of their kinematical properties

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/25/5/055003

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/25/5/055003;
PII
S0264-9381(08)61090-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40065838
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HILBERT SPACE; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
BANACH SPACE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; SPACE