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Lattice Refining LQC and the Matter Hamiltonian

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In the context of loop quantum cosmology, we parametrise the lattice refinement by a parameter, AA, and the matter Hamiltonian by a parameter, δ\delta. We then solve the Hamiltonian constraint for both a self-adjoint, and a non-self-adjoint Hamiltonian operator. Demanding that the solutions for the wave-functions obey certain physical restrictions, we impose constraints on the two-dimensional, (A,δ)(A,\delta), parameter space, thereby restricting the types of matter content that can be supported by a particular lattice refinement model.

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@article{arxiv.0707.0588,
  title  = {Lattice Refining LQC and the Matter Hamiltonian},
  author = {William Nelson and Mairi Sakellariadou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0588},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

15 pages, 3 figures, revtex style; amended version to match publication in Phys. Rev. D

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