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Effective Dynamics from Coherent State Path Integral of Full Loop Quantum Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-02-12 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A new routine is proposed to relate Loop Quant Cosmology (LQC) to Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) from the perspective of effective dynamics. We derive the big-bang singularity resolution and big bounce from the first principle of full canonical LQG. Our results are obtained in the framework of the reduced phase space quantization of LQG. As a key step in our work, we derive with coherent states a new discrete path integral formula of the transition amplitude generated by the physical Hamiltonian. The semiclassical approximation of the path integral formula gives an interesting set of effective equations of motion (EOMs) for full LQG. When solving the EOMs with homogeneous and isotropic ansatz, we reproduce the LQC effective dynamics in μ0\mu_0-scheme. The solution replaces the big-bang singularity by a big bounce. In the end, we comment on the possible relation between the μˉ\bar{\mu}-scheme of effective dynamics and the continuum limit of the path integral formula.

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@article{arxiv.1910.03763,
  title  = {Effective Dynamics from Coherent State Path Integral of Full Loop Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Muxin Han and Hongguang Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.03763},
  year   = {2020}
}

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30+10 pages, 2 figures

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