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The quantization of the Hamiltonian for a scalar field is performed in the framework of Quantum Reduced Loop Gravity. We outline how the regularization can be performed by using the analogous tools adopted in full Loop Quantum Gravity and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-23 Jakub Bilski , Emanuele Alesci , Francesco Cianfrani

The theory of canonical linearized gravity is quantized using the Projection Operator formalism, in which no gauge or coordinate choices are made. The ADM Hamiltonian is used and the canonical variables and constraints are expanded around a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Wayne R. Bomstad , John R. Klauder

We study ring of functions on the (classical and quantized) phase space of 2-dimensional BF theory with the gauge group $\mathrm{GL}_N$ coupled to a 1-dimensional quantum mechanics with global symmetry $\mathrm{GL}_K$. These functions are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-19 Seyed Faroogh Moosavian , Yehao Zhou

We focus on three-dimensional QRLG with the purpose of shedding light on the link between reduced LQG and LQC in four space-time dimensions. Considering homogeneous three-dimensional LQG, the theory simplifies to QRLG. We then implement…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-06 Jakub Bilski , Antonino Marciano

Loop quantum gravity (LQG) is a quantization program for gravity based on the principles of QFT and general covariance of general relativity. Quantum states of LQG describe gravitational excitations based on graphs embedded in a spatial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-18 Hanno Sahlmann , Waleed Sherif

If one replaces the constraints of the Ashtekar-Barbero $SU(2)$ gauge theory formulation of Euclidean gravity by their $U(1)^3$ version, one arrives at a consistent model which captures significant structure of its $SU(2)$ version. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-21 Sepideh Bakhoda , Thomas Thiemann

The operator algebraic framework plays an important role in mathematical physics. Many different operator algebras exist for example for a theory of quantum mechanics. In Loop Quantum Gravity only two algebras have been introduced until…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-24 Diana Kaminski

In loop quantum gravity in the connection representation, the quantum configuration space $\bar{\mathcal{A}/\mathcal{G}}$, which is a compact space, is much larger than the classical configuration space $\mathcal{A}/% \mathcal{G}$ of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Andreas Doering , Hans F. de Groote

A low-energy perturbation theory is developed from the nonperturbative framework of covariant Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) by employing the background field method. The resulting perturbation theory is a 2-parameter expansion in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-17 Muxin Han

Quantum General Relativity (QGR), sometimes called Loop Quantum Gravity, has matured over the past fifteen years to a mathematically rigorous candidate quantum field theory of the gravitational field. The features that distinguish it from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Thomas Thiemann

We present a separable version of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) based on an inductive system of cubic lattices. We construct semi-classical states for which the LQG operators -- the flux, the area and the volume operators -- have the right…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-24 Johannes Aastrup , Jesper M. Grimstrup

Recently, a generally covariant reformulation of 2 dimensional flat spacetime free scalar field theory known as Parameterised Field Theory was quantized using Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) type `polymer' representations. Physical states were…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-01-30 Alok Laddha , Madhavan Varadarajan

We investigate strong gravitational lensing by a charged loop quantum gravity (LQG) black hole obtained through the polymerisation scheme of Borges \textit{et al.} \cite{Borges:2023fog}. These effective geometries replace the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-25 Arun Kumar , Qiang Wu , Tao Zhu , Sushant G. Ghosh

The Hamiltonian formulation of the lowest-order projectable Horava gravity, namely the so-called $\lambda$-$R$ gravity, is studied. Since a preferred foliation has been chosen in projectable Horava gravity, there is no local Hamiltonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-01 Xiangdong Zhang , Jinsong Yang , Yongge Ma

An outstanding open issue in our quest for physics beyond Einstein is the unification of general relativity (GR) and quantum physics. Loop quantum gravity (LQG) is a leading approach toward this goal. At its heart is the central lesson of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-12 Abhay Ashtekar , Eugenio Bianchi

We present a general procedure for constructing new Hilbert spaces for loop quantum gravity on non-compact spatial manifolds. Given any fixed background state representing a non-compact spatial geometry, we use the Gel'fand-Naimark-Segal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthias Arnsdorf , Sameer Gupta

The Hamiltonian formulation of the Holst action is reviewed and it is provided a solution of second-class constraints corresponding to a generic local Lorentz frame. Within this scheme the form of rotation constraints can be reduced to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-04-08 Francesco Cianfrani , Giovanni Montani

In a series of seminal papers, Laddha and Varadarajan have developed in depth the quantisation of Parametrised Field Theory (PFT) in the kind of discontinuous representations that are employed in Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). In one spatial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-10-13 Thomas Thiemann

We embark on the vast program of integrating the dynamics of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). Adopting the strategy of decomposing spin network states into small blocks of (quantum) geometry which can later be glued back together, we focus on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-30 Mehdi Assanioussi , Etera R. Livine

An open issue in loop quantum gravity (LQG) is the introduction of a non-vanishing cosmological constant $\Lambda$. In 3d, Chern-Simons theory provides some guiding lines: $\Lambda$ appears in the quantum deformation of the gauge group. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-03 Maïté Dupuis , Florian Girelli