Published May 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Cosmological constant in spinfoam cosmology

  • 1. Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy, Case 907, F-13288 Marseille (France)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, via A. Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universita degli Studi di Pavia (Italy)

Description

We consider a simple modification of the amplitude defining the dynamics of loop quantum gravity, corresponding to the introduction of the cosmological constant, and possibly related to the SL(2,C)q extension of the theory recently considered by Fairbairn-Meusburger and Han. We show that, in the context of spinfoam cosmology, this modification yields the de Sitter cosmological solution.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 104015-104015.4
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42094399
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLITUDES; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; DE SITTER SPACE; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MODIFICATIONS; QUANTUM GRAVITY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE

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