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Loop Quantum Gravity and Non-Perturbative Approaches to Quantum Cosmology, Second Edition

A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "Cosmology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 2732

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Interests: quantum field theory; quantum gravity; quantum cosmology; traversable wormholes; Casimir effect; quantum information theory; quantum thermodynamics; philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics; multiverse concepts
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Quantum gravity continues to be an active and extremely productive field of cosmology and theoretical physics. Advancements towards the unification of general relativity with quantum mechanics continue to emerge through a range of complementary approaches. New insights are being gained, offering additional clues to properties of an ultimate, underlying quantum gravity. Volume 2 of this Special Edition of Universe is devoted to the most recent developments in the field, with a special focus on loop quantum gravity/loop quantum cosmology. All related articles are invited to be submitted to Volume 2.

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  • Quantum geometry, quantum gravity, and cosmological implications;
  • Non-perturbative approach to quantum gravity (e.g., loop quantum gravity, group field theory, spin foam);
  • String theory and string cosmology;
  • Modified gravity;
  • Emergent gravity.

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Keywords

  • quantum gravity
  • non-perturbative approaches
  • planck scale
  • supergravity
  • non-commutative geometry
  • loop quantum gravity
  • loop quantum cosmology
  • string theory
  • emergent gravity
  • Horava-Lifshitz gravity

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Universal Properties of the Evolution of the Universe in Modified Loop Quantum Cosmology
by Jamal Saeed, Rui Pan, Christian Brown, Gerald Cleaver and Anzhong Wang
Universe 2024, 10(10), 397; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10100397 - 15 Oct 2024
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In this paper, we systematically study the evolution of the Universe within the framework of a modified loop quantum cosmological model (mLQC-I) using various inflationary potentials, including chaotic, Starobinsky, generalized Starobinsky, polynomials of the first and second kinds, generalized T-models and natural inflation. [...] Read more.
In this paper, we systematically study the evolution of the Universe within the framework of a modified loop quantum cosmological model (mLQC-I) using various inflationary potentials, including chaotic, Starobinsky, generalized Starobinsky, polynomials of the first and second kinds, generalized T-models and natural inflation. In all these models, the big bang singularity is replaced by a quantum bounce, and the evolution of the Universe, both before and after the bounce, is universal and weakly dependent on the inflationary potentials, as long as the evolution is dominated by the kinetic energy of the inflaton at the bounce. In particular, the pre-bounce evolution can be universally divided into three different phases: pre-bouncing, pre-transition, and pre-de Sitter. The pre-bouncing phase occurs immediately before the quantum bounce, during which the evolution of the Universe is dominated by the kinetic energy of the inflaton. Thus, the equation of state of the inflaton is about one, w(ϕ)≃1. Soon, the inflation potential takes over, so w(ϕ) rapidly falls from one to negative one. This pre-transition phase is very short and quickly turns into the pre-de Sitter phase, whereby the effective cosmological constant of Planck size takes over and dominates the rest of the contracting phase. Throughout the entire pre-bounce regime, the evolution of both the expansion factor and the inflaton can be approximated by universal analytical solutions, independent of the specific inflation potentials. Full article
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Decoding Quantum Gravity Information with Black Hole Accretion Disk
by Lei You, Yu-Hang Feng, Rui-Bo Wang, Xian-Ru Hu and Jian-Bo Deng
Universe 2024, 10(10), 393; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10100393 - 11 Oct 2024
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Integrating loop quantum gravity with classical gravitational collapse models offers an effective solution to the black hole singularity problem and predicts the formation of a white hole in the later stages of collapse. Furthermore, the quantum extension of Kruskal spacetime indicates that white [...] Read more.
Integrating loop quantum gravity with classical gravitational collapse models offers an effective solution to the black hole singularity problem and predicts the formation of a white hole in the later stages of collapse. Furthermore, the quantum extension of Kruskal spacetime indicates that white holes may convey information about earlier companion black holes. Photons emitted from the accretion disks of these companion black holes enter the black hole, traverse the highly quantum region, and then re-emerge from white holes in our universe. This process enables us to observe images of the companion black holes’ accretion disks, providing insights into quantum gravity. In our study, we successfully obtained these accretion disk images. Our results indicate that these accretion disk images are confined within a circle with a radius equal to the critical impact parameter, while traditional accretion disk images are typically located outside this circle. As the observational angle increases, the accretion disk images transition from a ring shape to a shell-like shape. Furthermore, the positional and width characteristics of these accretion disk images are opposite to those of traditional accretion disk images. These findings provide valuable references for astronomical observations aimed at validating the investigated quantum gravity model. Full article
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Comparing Analytic and Numerical Studies of Tensor Perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology
by Guillermo A. Mena Marugán, Antonio Vicente-Becerril and Jesús Yébana Carrilero
Universe 2024, 10(9), 365; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10090365 - 11 Sep 2024
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We investigate the implications of different quantization approaches in Loop Quantum Cosmology for the primordial power spectrum of tensor modes. Specifically, we consider the hybrid and dressed metric approaches to derive the effective mass that governs the evolution of the tensor modes. Our [...] Read more.
We investigate the implications of different quantization approaches in Loop Quantum Cosmology for the primordial power spectrum of tensor modes. Specifically, we consider the hybrid and dressed metric approaches to derive the effective mass that governs the evolution of the tensor modes. Our study comprehensively examines the two resulting effective masses and how to estimate them in order to obtain approximated analytic solutions to the tensor perturbation equations. Since Loop Quantum Cosmology incorporates preinflationary effects in the dynamics of the perturbations, we do not have at our disposal a standard choice of privileged vacuum, like the Bunch–Davies state in quasi-de Sitter inflation. We then select the vacuum state by a recently proposed criterion which removes unwanted oscillations in the power spectrum and guarantees an asymptotic diagonalization of the Hamiltonian in the ultraviolet. This vacuum is usually called the NO-AHD (from the initials of Non-Oscillating with Asymptotic Hamiltonian Diagonalization) vacuum. Consequently, we compute the power spectrum by using our analytic approximations and by introducing a suitable numerical procedure, adopting in both cases an NO-AHD vacuum. With this information, we compare the different spectra obtained from the hybrid and the dressed metric approaches, as well as from the analytic and numerical procedures. In particular, this proves the remarkable accuracy of our approximations. Full article
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