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Coherent states for FLRW space-times in loop quantum gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-02-22 v2

Abstract

We construct a class of coherent spin-network states that capture proprieties of curved space-times of the Friedmann-Lama\^itre-Robertson-Walker type on which they are peaked. The data coded by a coherent state are associated to a cellular decomposition of a spatial (t=t=const.) section with dual graph given by the complete five-vertex graph, though the construction can be easily generalized to other graphs. The labels of coherent states are complex SL(2,\mathbbmC)SL(2, \mathbbm{C}) variables, one for each link of the graph and are computed through a smearing process starting from a continuum extrinsic and intrinsic geometry of the canonical surface. The construction covers both Euclidean and Lorentzian signatures; in the Euclidean case and in the limit of flat space we reproduce the simplicial 4-simplex semiclassical states used in Spin Foams.

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@article{arxiv.1011.5676,
  title  = {Coherent states for FLRW space-times in loop quantum gravity},
  author = {Elena Magliaro and Antonino Marciano and Claudio Perini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5676},
  year   = {2011}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure, published version

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