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Pure Gravitational Back-Reaction Observables

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-16 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

After discussing the various issues regarding and requirements on pure quantum gravitational observables in homogeneous-isotropic conditions, we construct a composite operator observable satisfying most of them. We also expand it to first order in the loop counting parameter and suggest it as a physical quantifier of gravitational back-reaction in an initially inflating cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.1306.6441,
  title  = {Pure Gravitational Back-Reaction Observables},
  author = {N. C. Tsamis and R. P. Woodard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6441},
  year   = {2015}
}

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15 pages, uses LaTeX2e

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