Unique factor ordering in the continuum limit of loop quantum cosmology

William Nelson and Mairi Sakellariadou
Phys. Rev. D 78, 024006 – Published 3 July 2008

Abstract

We show that the factor ordering ambiguities associated with the loop quantization of the gravitational part of the cosmological Hamiltonian constraint disappear at the level of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation only for a particular choice of lattice refinement model, which coincides with constraints imposed from phenomenological and consistency arguments.

  • Received 3 June 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.024006

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

William Nelson and Mairi Sakellariadou

  • King’s College London, Department of Physics, Strand WC2R 2LS, London, United Kingdom

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Vol. 78, Iss. 2 — 15 July 2008

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