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U(N) invariant dynamics for a simplified Loop Quantum Gravity model

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

The implementation of the dynamics in Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) is still an open problem. Here, we discuss a tentative dynamics for the simplest class of graphs in LQG: Two vertices linked with an arbitrary number of edges. We use the recently introduced U(N) framework in order to construct SU(2) invariant operators and define a global U(N) symmetry that will select the homogeneous/isotropic states. Finally, we propose a Hamiltonian operator invariant under area-preserving deformations of the boundary surface and we identify possible connections of this model with Loop Quantum Cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.1012.3832,
  title  = {U(N) invariant dynamics for a simplified Loop Quantum Gravity model},
  author = {Enrique F. Borja and Jacobo Díaz-Polo and Iñaki Garay and Etera R. Livine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3832},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

4 pages, to appear in Proceedings of Spanish Relativity Meeting 2010 (ERE 2010) held in Granada, Spain

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