Physical evolution in Loop Quantum Cosmology: The example of vacuum Bianchi I

Details Physical evolution in Loop Quantum Cosmology: The example of vacuum Bianchi I Physical evolution in Loop Quantum Cosmology: The example of vacuum Bianchi I

2009-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/0906.3751v1

Phys.Rev.D80:084038,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

RevTex4, 22 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.084038

We use the vacuum Bianchi I model as an example to investigate the concept of physical evolution in Loop Quantum Cosmology (LQC) in the absence of the massless scalar field which has been used so far in the literature as an internal time. In order to retrieve the system dynamics when no such a suitable clock field is present, we explore different constructions of families of unitarily related partial observables. These observables are parameterized, respectively, by: (i) one of the components of the densitized triad, and (ii) its conjugate momentum; each of them playing the role of an evolution parameter. Exploiting the properties of the considered example, we investigate in detail the domains of applicability of each construction. In both cases the observables possess a neat physical interpretation only in an approximate sense. However, whereas in case (i) such interpretation is reasonably accurate only for a portion of the evolution of the universe, in case (ii) it remains so during all the evolution (at least in the physically interesting cases). The constructed families of observables are next used to describe the evolution of the Bianchi I universe. The performed analysis confirms the robustness of the bounces, also in absence of matter fields, as well as the preservation of the semiclassicality through them. The concept of evolution studied here and the presented construction of observables are applicable to a wide class of models in LQC, including quantizations of the Bianchi I model obtained with other prescriptions for the improved dynamics.

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