Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2009-01-09
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.140:012005,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Invited plenary talk at the Sixth International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, IUCAA (Pune). 13 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-6596/140/1/012005
We discuss the way non-perturbative quantization of cosmological spacetimes in loop quantum cosmology provides insights on the physics of Planck scale and the resolution of big bang singularity. In recent years, rigorous examination of mathematical and physical aspects of the quantum theory has led to a consistent quantization which is consistent and physically viable and some early ideas have been ruled out. The latter include so called `physical effects' originating from modifications to inverse scale factors in the flat models. The singularity resolution is understood to originate from the non-local nature of curvature in the quantum theory and the underlying polymer representation. Using an exactly solvable model various insights have been gained. The model predicts a generic occurrence of bounce for states in the physical Hilbert space and a supremum for the spectrum of the energy density operator. It also provides answers to the growth of fluctuations, showing that semi-classicality is preserved to an amazing degree across the bounce.
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