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We show how Loop Quantum Cosmology can be derived as an effective semiclassical description of Loop Quantum Gravity. Using the tools of QRLG, a gauge fixed version of LQG, we take the coherent states of the fundamental microscopic theory…
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We investigate the effective quantum evolution of the Bianchi type I cosmological model within the Brans-Dicke framework, using an effective Hamiltonian approach including expectation values, quantum dispersions, and cross-correlation terms…
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