Published July 7, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Homogeneous loop quantum cosmology

  • 1. Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)

Description

Loop quantum cosmological methods are extended to homogeneous models in a diagonalized form. It is shown that the diagonalization leads to a simplification of the volume operator such that its spectrum can be determined explicitly. This allows the calculation of composite operators, most importantly the Hamiltonian constraint. As an application the dynamics of the Bianchi I model is studied and it is shown that its loop quantization is free of singularities

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/20/2595/q31310.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 2595-2615
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34044139
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; HAMILTONIAN FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM GRAVITY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY