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A Topos Model for Loop Quantum Gravity

Mathematical Physics 2011-11-28 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology math.MP

Abstract

One of the main motivations behind so-called topos physics, as developed by Chris Isham and Andreas Doering [4-7], is to provide a framework for new theories of quantum gravity. In this article we do not search for such theories, but ask instead how one of the known candidates for a final theory, loop quantum gravity (LQG), fits into the topos-theoretical approach. In the construction to follow, we apply the 'Bohrification' method developed by Heunen, Landsman and Spitters [10, 11] to the C*-algebra version of LQG introduced by Christian Fleischhack [9]. We then bring together LQG results and methods from topos physics in a proof of the non-sobriety of the external state space S of the Bohrified LQG theory, and show that the construction obeys the standard requirements of diffeomorphism and gauge invariance.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5685,
  title  = {A Topos Model for Loop Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Tore Dahlen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5685},
  year   = {2011}
}

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21 pages

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