Implications of the gauge-fixing loop quantum cosmology

Francesco Cianfrani and Giovanni Montani
Phys. Rev. D 85, 024027 – Published 17 January 2012

Abstract

The restriction to invariant connections in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time is discussed via the analysis of the Dirac brackets associated with the corresponding gauge-fixing. This analysis allows us to establish the proper correspondence between reduced and unreduced variables. In this respect, it is outlined how the holonomy-flux algebra coincides with the one of Loop Quantum Gravity if edges are parallel to simplicial vectors and the quantization of the model is performed via standard techniques by restricting admissible paths. Within this scheme, the discretization of the area spectrum is emphasized. Then, the role of the diffeomorphisms generator in reduced phase-space is investigated and it is clarified how it implements homogeneity on quantum states, which are defined over cubical knots. Finally, the perspectives for a consistent dynamical treatment are discussed.

  • Received 24 November 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.024027

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Francesco Cianfrani1,† and Giovanni Montani1,3,*

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
  • 2and INFN, Sezione Roma1, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy.
  • 3ENEA, Centro Ricerche Frascati, U.T. Fus. (Fus. Mag. Lab.), Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy

  • *montani@icra.it
  • francesco.cianfrani@icra.it

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Vol. 85, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2012

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