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First-Order Quantum Correction in Coherent State Expectation Value of Loop-Quantum-Gravity Hamiltonian

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-03-14 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Given the non-graph-changing Hamiltonian H[N]^\widehat{H[N]} in Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG), H[N]^\langle\widehat{H[N]}\rangle, the coherent state expectation value of H[N]^\widehat{H[N]}, admits an semiclassical expansion in p2\ell^2_{\rm p}. In this paper, as presenting the detailed derivations of our previous work arXiv:2012.14242, we explicitly compute the expansion of H[N]^\langle\widehat{H[N]}\rangle to the linear order in p2\ell^2_{\rm p} on the cubic graph with respect to the coherent state peaked at the homogeneous and isotropic data of cosmology. In our computation, a powerful algorithm is developed, supported by rigorous proofs and several theorems, to overcome the complexity in the computation of H[N]^\langle \widehat{H[N]} \rangle. Particularly, some key innovations in our algorithm substantially reduce the complexity in computing the Lorentzian part of H[N]^\langle\widehat{H[N]}\rangle. Additionally, some quantum correction effects resulting from H[N]^\langle\widehat{H[N]}\rangle in cosmology are discussed at the end of this paper.

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@article{arxiv.2102.03591,
  title  = {First-Order Quantum Correction in Coherent State Expectation Value of Loop-Quantum-Gravity Hamiltonian},
  author = {Cong Zhang and Shicong Song and Muxin Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.03591},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

29+25 pages, 2 figures, presenting the detailed derivations of our previous work arXiv:2012.14242, adapted to the published version

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