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Loop quantum cosmology from an alternative Hamiltonian

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-09-23 v2

Abstract

In this paper, a new Hamiltonian constraint operator for loop quantum cosmology is constructed by using the Chern-Simons action. The quantum dynamics of the k=0k=0 cosmological model with respect to a massless scalar field as an emergent time is determined by a difference equation. The semiclassical analysis shows that the new quantum dynamics has the correct classical limit, and the classical big-bang singularity is again replaced by the quantum bounce. Interestingly, the inverse time evolution of the flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological model determined by the effective Hamiltonian will be bounced to an asymptotic de Sitter universe.

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@article{arxiv.1906.03873,
  title  = {Loop quantum cosmology from an alternative Hamiltonian},
  author = {Jinsong Yang and Cong Zhang and Yongge Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.03873},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures; version published in PRD

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