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20242026
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7 papers

gr-qc2026

A matrix free action of the Ashtekar-Lewandowski volume operator of loop quantum gravity

Waleed Sherif

The Ashtekar-Lewandowski (AL) volume operator of loop quantum gravity is central to the Hamiltonian constraint, but its vertex action is usually obtained from dense spectral decomp…

gr-qc2026

Fuzzy-novae

Francesco Fazzini, Waleed Sherif

We propose a novel phenomenological model of quantum gravitational collapse inspired by loop quantum gravity that ensures a completely regular spacetime evolution. By incorporating…

gr-qc2026

Emergent Thiemann coherent states in the near-kernel sector of quantum reduced loop gravity

Ilkka Mäkinen, Hanno Sahlmann, Waleed Sherif

We study the near-kernel sector of the Hamiltonian constraint operator in the one-vertex model of quantum reduced loop gravity using variational Monte Carlo methods with neural qua…

gr-qc2026

Finding and characterising physical states of Euclidean Abelianized loop quantum gravity using neural quantum states

Hanno Sahlmann, Waleed Sherif

We study physical (near-kernel of constraints) states of 4-d Euclidean loop quantum gravity in Smolin's weak coupling limit on the complete graph using variational Monte Carl…

quant-ph2025

Simultaneous approximation of multiple degenerate states using a single neural network quantum state

Waleed Sherif

Neural network quantum states (NQS) excel at approximating ground states of quantum many-body systems, but approximating all states of a degenerate manifold is nevertheless computa…

gr-qc2025

Deep learning spinfoam vertex amplitudes: the Euclidean Barrett-Crane model

Hanno Sahlmann, Waleed Sherif

Spinfoam theories propose a well-defined path-integral formulation for quantum gravity and are hoped to provide the dynamics of loop quantum gravity. However, it is computationally…