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Approximation methods in Loop Quantum Cosmology: From Gowdy cosmologies to inhomogeneous models in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker geometries
Mercedes Martín-Benito, Daniel Martín-de Blas, Guillermo A. Mena Marugán
We develop approximation methods in the hybrid quantization of the Gowdy model with linear polarization and a massless scalar field, for the case of three-torus spatial topology. T…
Coarse graining of spin net models: dynamics of intertwiners
Bianca Dittrich, Mercedes Martín-Benito, Erik Schnetter
Spin foams are models of quantum gravity and therefore quantum space time. A key open issue is to determine the possible continuum phases of these models. Progress on this issue ha…
Inclusion of matter in inhomogeneous loop quantum cosmology
Daniel Martín-de Blas, Mercedes Martín-Benito, Guillermo A. Mena Marugán
We study the hybrid quantization of the linearly polarized Gowdy model with a massless scalar field with the same symmetries as the metric. For simplicity, we quantize its re…