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Graphical method in loop quantum gravity: II. The Hamiltonian constraint and inverse volume operators

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-02-25 v3

Abstract

This is the second paper in the series to introduce a graphical method to loop quantum gravity. We employ the graphical method as a powerful tool to calculate the actions of the Euclidean Hamiltonian constraint operator and the so-called inverse volume operator on spin network states with trivalent vertices. Both of the operators involve the co-triad operator which contains holonomies by construction. The non-ambiguous, concise and visual characters of our graphical method ensure the rigour for our calculations. Our results indicate some corrections to the existing results in literatures.

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@article{arxiv.1505.00225,
  title  = {Graphical method in loop quantum gravity: II. The Hamiltonian constraint and inverse volume operators},
  author = {Jinsong Yang and Yongge Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.00225},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

18 pages; a few modifications

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