3 papers
gr-qc2026
Effective dynamics of a homogeneous and isotropic universe with quantum curvature
Ilkka Mäkinen
We consider the effective dynamics of a new, tentative model of a homogeneous and isotropic universe in loop quantum cosmology. The new model consists of modifying the standard Ham…
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-qc2024
Quantum-reduced loop gravity: New perspectives on the kinematics and dynamics
Ilkka Mäkinen
We present a systematic approach to the kinematics of quantum-reduced loop gravity, a model originally proposed by Alesci and Cianfrani as an attempt to probe the physical implicat…