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In this work a loop quantum corrected model is obtained for spherically symmetric space-times in the vacuum. This effective model is derived by the use of the path integral method, previously employed in several models of Loop Quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-21 Juan Carlos Del Águila , Hugo A. Morales

One of the standard approaches of incorporating the quantum gravity (QG) effects into the semiclassical analysis is to adopt the notion of a quantum-corrected spacetime arising from the QG model. This procedure assumes that the expectation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-29 Harkirat Singh Sahota , Kinjalk Lochan

We consider the modified Einstein equations obtained in the framework of effective spherically symmetric polymer models inspired by Loop Quantum Gravity. When one takes into account the anomaly free point-wise holonomy quantum corrections,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-01 Jibril Ben Achour , Frédéric Lamy , Hongguang Liu , Karim Noui

The degree of freedom of the scalar field in scalar-tensor gravity is employed as "time" to deparametrize the Hamiltonian constraint of the theory. The deparametrized system is then nonperturbatively quantized by the approach of loop…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-02 Faqiang Yuan , Haida Li , Shengzhi Li , Yongge Ma

We explore the quantum nature of black holes by introducing an effective framework that takes into account deviations from the classical results. The approach is based on introducing quantum corrections to the classical Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-14 Emanuele Binetti , Manuel Del Piano , Stefan Hohenegger , Franco Pezzella , Francesco Sannino

We study the effect of random scattering in quantum walks on a finite graph and compare it with the effect of repeated measurements. To this end, a constructive approach is employed by introducing a localized and a delocalized basis for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-30 Klaus Ziegler

In the field of quantum control, effective Hamiltonian engineering is a powerful tool that utilises perturbation theory to mitigate or enhance the effect that a variation in the Hamiltonian has on the evolution of the system. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-11 Holger Haas , Daniel Puzzuoli , Feihao Zhang , David G. Cory

The detection of quantum gravity effects is highly limited in both macroscopic and microscopic scenarios: The small quantum parameter makes most large-scale observations practically indistinguishable from general relativity. While at the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-10 Haida Li , Xiangdong Zhang

I discuss the role of quantum effects in the phenomenology of effective supergravity theories from compactification of the weakly coupled heterotic string. An accurate incorporation of these effects requires a regularization procedure that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Mary K Gaillard

We discuss a new approach to the problem of quantum gravity in which the quantum mechanical structures that are traditionally fixed, such as the Fubini-Study metric in the Hilbert space of states, become dynamical and so implement the idea…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-28 Per Berglund , Tristan Hübsch , David Mattingly , Djordje Minic

A new polymer black hole solution in loop quantum gravity was proposed recently. The difference between the polymer black hole and Schwarzschild black hole is captured by a quantum parameter $A$. In order to get the constraints on parameter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-02 Yun-Long Liu , Zhao-Qing Feng , Xiang-Dong Zhang

We review our recent proposal of a method to extend the quantization of spherically symmetric isolated horizons, a seminal result of loop quantum gravity, to a phase space containing horizons of arbitrary geometry. Although the details of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Jonathan Engle , Christopher Beetle

Geometric measure of entanglement and geometric phase have recently been used to analyze quantum phase transition in the XY spin chain. We unify these two approaches by showing that the geometric entanglement and the geometric phase are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-16 Vahid Azimi Mousolou , Carlo M. Canali , Erik Sjöqvist

A quantum unitary gate is realized in this paper by perturbing a free charged particle in a one-dimensional box with a time- and position-varying electric field. The perturbed Hamiltonian is composed of a free particle Hamiltonian plus a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Kumar Gautam

We review recent developments in the treatment of spherically symmetric black holes in loop quantum gravity. In particular, we discuss an exact solution to the quantum constraints that represents a black hole and is free of singularities.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-31 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Pullin

We set out to bridge the gap between regular black-hole spacetimes and observations of a black-hole shadow by the Event Horizon Telescope. We explore modifications of spinning and non-spinning black-hole spacetimes inspired by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-19 Aaron Held , Roman Gold , Astrid Eichhorn

I reconsider Hawking's analysis of the effects of gravitational collapse on quantum fields, taking into account interactions between the fields. The ultra-high energy vacuum fluctuations, which had been considered to be an awkward…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Adam D. Helfer

Rotating black holes are prevalent in astrophysical observations, and a Kerr-like solution that incorporates quantum gravity effects is essential for constructing realistic models. In this work, we analyze the geodesic motion of massive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-28 Zhiyang Guo , Chen Lan , Yan Liu

In a seminal work, Hawking showed that natural states for free quantum matter fields on classical spacetimes that solve the spherically symmetric vacuum Einstein equations are KMS states of non-vanishing temperature. Although Hawking's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-01 Thomas Thiemann

A small deformation controlled by four free parameters to the Schwarzschild metric could be referred to a nonspinning black hole solution in alternative theories of gravity. Because such a non-Schwarzschild metric can be changed into a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-14 Hongxing Zhang , Naying Zhou , Wenfang Liu , Xin Wu