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In loop quantum cosmology, one has to make a choice of SU(2) irreducible representation in which to compute holonomies and regularize the curvature of the connection. The systematic choice made in the literature is to work in the…

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Loop quantum cosmology predicts that quantum gravity effects resolve the big-bang singularity and replace it by a cosmic bounce. Furthermore, loop quantum cosmology can also modify the form of primordial cosmological perturbations, for…

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We discuss predictions for cosmology which result from the scaling solution of functional flow equations for a quantum field theory of gravity. A scaling solution is necessary to render quantum gravity renormalizable. Our scaling solution…

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The loop quantum cosmological model from ADM Hamiltonian is studied in this paper. We consider the spatially flat homogeneous FRW model. It turns out that the modified Friedmann equation keeps the same form as the APS LQC model. However,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-27 You Ding , Xiangdong Zhang

In the path integral formulation of the reduced phase space Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG), we propose a new approach to allow the spatial cubic lattice (graph) to change dynamically in the physical time evolution. The equations of motion of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-14 Muxin Han , Hongguang Liu

The bouncing evolution of an universe in Loop Quantum Cosmolgy can be described very well by a set of effective equations, involving a function $sin \; x$. Recently, we have generalised these effective equations to $(d + 1)$ dimensions and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-02 S. Kalyana Rama

In recent years, Loop Quantum Gravity has emerged as a solid candidate for a nonperturbative quantum theory of General Relativity. It is a background independent theory based on a description of the gravitational field in terms of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-16 Guillermo A. Mena Marugan

Building upon our recently established correspondence between quantum cosmology and the hydrogen atom [1], we investigate the specific sector of a negative cosmological constant ($\Lambda < 0$) in a flat FLRW universe with dust. While the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-29 Dipayan Mukherjee , Harkirat Singh Sahota , S. Shankaranarayanan

We present a unified dynamical systems framework for spatially flat FLRW cosmology in $f(Q)$ gravity, covering all three connection branches via a single set of Hubble-normalised variables without fixing $f(Q)$ \textit{a priori}. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-17 Jibitesh Dutta , Wompherdeiki Khyllep , Saikat Chakraborty , Daniele Gregoris , Khamphee Karwan

We investigate dynamics of a flat FRW cosmological model with a barotropic matter and a non-minimally coupled scalar field (both canonical and phantom). In our approach we do not assume any specific form of a potential function for the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-27 Orest Hrycyna , Marek Szydlowski

We study the quantum cosmology of a quadratic $f(R)$ theory with a FRW metric, via one of its equivalent Horndeski type actions, where the dynamics of the scalar field is induced. The classical equations of motion and the Weeler-deWitt…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-22 V. Vázquez-Báez , C. Ramírez

General relativity predicts a singularity in the beginning of the universe being called big bang. Recent developments in loop quantum cosmology avoid the singularity and the big bang is replaced by a big bounce. A classical theory of…

General Physics · Physics 2011-02-08 Walter Petry

The time-dependence of correlation functions under the influence of classical equations of motion is described by an exact evolution equation. For conservative systems thermodynamic equilibrium is a fixed point of these equations. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Christof Wetterich

On the basis of qualitative theory of differential equations it is shown that dynamic system based on the system of Einstein - Klein - Gordon equations with regard to Friedman Universe has a stable center corresponding to zero values of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-06 Yurii Ignat'ev

In contrast to the phenomenon of nullification of the cosmological constant in the equilibrium vacuum, which is the general property of any quantum vacuum, there are many options in modifying the Einstein equation to allow the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 G. E. Volovik

We investigate the dynamics of the Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker spacetime within the framework of $f(R)$ gravity using a compact, model-independent dynamical systems approach. By assuming a power-law scale factor, we explore…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-10 Saurya Das , Peter Dunsby , S. Shajidul Haque , Seturumane Tema

The big bang singularity could be understood as a breakdown of Einstein's General Relativity at very high energies. Adopting this viewpoint, other theories, that implement Einstein Cosmology at high energies, might solve the problem of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Jaume Amorós , Jaume de Haro , Sergei D. Odintsov

Consistent dynamics which couples classical and quantum degrees of freedom exists, provided it is stochastic. This dynamics is linear in the hybrid state, completely positive and trace preserving. One application of this is to study the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Jonathan Oppenheim , Carlo Sparaciari , Barbara Šoda , Zachary Weller-Davies

We consider the field equations for a flat FRW cosmological model, in a generic $f(R)$ gravity model and cast them into a, completely normalized-dimensionless, system of O.D.Es for the scale factor and the function $f(R)$, with respect to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-24 A. Kuiroukidis

In the saddle point approximation, the Euclidean path integral for quantum gravity closely resembles a thermodynamic partition function, with the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ playing the role of temperature and the ``density of…

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