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Thermally correlated states in Loop Quantum Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-03-06 v3 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study a class of loop-quantum-gravity states characterized by (ultra-local) thermal correlations that reproduce some features of the ultraviolet structure of the perturbative quantum field theory vacuum. In particular, they satisfy an analog of the Bisognano-Wichmann theorem. These states are peaked on the intrinsic geometry and admit a semiclassical interpretation. We study how the correlations extend on the spin-network beyond the ultra local limit.

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@article{arxiv.1408.0121,
  title  = {Thermally correlated states in Loop Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Goffredo Chirco and Carlo Rovelli and Paola Ruggiero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0121},
  year   = {2017}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures

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