|  Loop Quantum Cosmology | 
General Framework > s.a. 3D quantum gravity;
  quantum cosmology; models and phenomenology.
  @ Reviews: Bojowald Pra(04)gq-conf,
    AdP(06)ap/05-conf,
    LRR(05)gq/06,
    in(06)gq,
    LRR(08);
    Ashtekar NCB(07)gq,
    GRG(09)-a0812-proc;
    Singh JPCS(08)-a0901;
    Date a1004-ln;
    Mena a1101-proc;
    Bojowald a1101-conf [dynamical introduction];
    Ashtekar & Singh CQG(11)-a1108;
    Banerjee et al Sigma(12)-a1109;
    Agulló & Corichi a1302-ch;
    Ashtekar a1303-proc;
    Wilson-Ewing a1612-CRP;
    Agulló & Singh a1612-in;
    focus issue CQG(17).
  @ General references: Ashtekar et al ATMP(03)gq;
    Velhinho CQG(04) [observables];
    Bojowald in(05)gq;
    Kagan PRD(05)gq [from the Plebański action];
    Singh PRD(06) [duality with Randall-Sundrum];
    Shojai & Shojai EPL(06)gq [variational principle],
    GRG(06)gq [Green function];
    Ashtekar NCB(07)gq [and introduction to lqg];
    Velhinho CQG(07)-a0704 [quantum configuration space];
    Ashtekar et al PRD(08)-a0710 [robustness];
    Bojowald & Tavakol a0802-ch;
    Fewster & Sahlmann CQG(08)-a0804 [Wigner function];
    Corichi & Singh PRD(08)-a0805 [consistent possibilities];
    Bojowald CQG(09)-a0811 [consistency requirements];
    Yang et al a0902,
    PLB(09)-a0904 [alternative quantization of Hamiltonian];
    Chiou & Li PRD(09)-a0907 [higher-order holonomy corrections];
    Mena AIP(09)-a0907;
    Tanaka et al PRD(11)-a1005 [with a cosmological constant];
    Cianfrani & Montani PRD(12)-a1104;
    Bojowald Sigma(13)-a1206 [mathematical structure];
    Hanusch JMP(15)-a1502 [uniqueness of the measure];
    Barrau & Bolliet IJMPD(16)-a1602 [conceptual issues];
    Alesci & Cianfrani a1604 [improved regularization scheme];
    Giesel et al a2007 [reduced phase space quantization];
    Bodendorfer et al a2012 [path integral renormalisation].
  @ Structural aspects, evaluation:
    Stottmeister & Thiemann a1312;
    Bojowald a2002-in;
    Bojowald a2008 [violation of general covariance]. 
  @ Uniqueness: Engle & Hanusch CQG(17)-a1604;
    Engle et al CMP(17)-a1609;
    Fleischhack CMP(19)-a1803;
    Engle & Vilensky PRD(19)-a1902 [minimal dynamics].
  @ Effective descriptions / actions: Sotiriou PRD(09)-a0811;
    Date & Sengupta CQG(09)-a0811;
    Olmo & Singh JCAP(09);
    Cuttell & Sakellariadou PRD(14)-a1409 [fourth-order deformed effective action];
    Ashtekar & Gupt PRD(15)-a1509 [generalization to states with large dispersions];
    Langlois et al CQG(17)-a1703 [as higher-derivative scalar-tensor theory];
    Dapor et al PRD(19)-a1910 [recovering a consistent cosmology, challenges].
  @ Dynamics:  Noui et al PRD(05)gq/04 [physical \(\cal H\)];
    Vandersloot PRD(05)gq [H];
    Bojowald & Rej CQG(05)gq [properties of difference equations];
    Ashtekar et al PRD(06)gq [improved dynamics];
    Helling a0912 [analogy with higher-derivative terms];
    Cartin EPL(12)-a1204 [action principle and conserved quantity];
    Qin et al CTP(12)-a1206 [alternative dynamics, path-integral formulation];
    Dantas FP(13) [and integrable discrete Heisenberg spin chains];
    Engle & Vilensky PRD(18)-a1802 [from diffeomorphism invariance];
    Yang et al PRD(19)-a1906 [new Hamiltonian constraint operator];
    Yang et al PRD-a2010 [Chern-Simons regularization, with Lorentzian term];
    Berra-Montiel & Molgado a2104 [tomographic representation].
Relationships
  > s.a. minisuperspace quantum cosmology [accuracy, and limitations].
  * With lqg: General results
    are not available, but based on the models studied it appears that lqc captures
    the main features of symmetry-reduced lqg.
  @ With lqg:  Engle CQG(07)gq [symmetric sectors and embeddings];
    Brunnemann & Fleischhack a0709 [configuration space];
    Koslowski a0711 [cosmological sector of full lqg];
    Kamiński et al CQG(09)-a0809 [conceptual aspects];
    Engle CQG(10)-a0812 [piecewise-linear version],
    CQG(13) [without piecewise linearity];
    Cianfrani & Montani PRD(10)-a1006 [length, area, and the bounce];
    Fleischhack a1010;
    Brunnemann & Koslowski CQG(11)-a1012 [symmetry reduction of lqg and embeddability];
    Lin ChJP(15)-a1111;
    Alesci & Cianfrani PRD(13) [and Bianchi-I cosmology];
    Hanusch JMAA(15)-a1309 [projective structures];
    Alesci & Cianfrani EPL(15)-a1410 [as an effective semiclassical description of lqg];
    Fleischhack a1505 [kinematical foundations];
    Alesci & Cianfrani IJMPD(16)-a1602 [quantum reduction of lqg];
    Han & Liu PRD(20)-a1910,
    a1912 [effective dynamics approach];
    > s.a. symmetry reduction in lqg.
  @ With spin foams: Ashtekar et al PLB(09)-a0909,
    CQG(10)-a1001;
    Rovelli & Vidotto CQG(10)-a0911;
    Henderson et al CQG(11)-a1010;
    Craig & Singh CQG(17)-a1612 [spin foam-like vertex expansion, challenges].
  @ With other full theory: Bodendorfer CQG(16)-a1512;
    > s.a. approaches to quantum gravity [group field theory];
      rainbow gravity [cosmology].
Other Issues
  > s.a. histories formulations of quantum
  theory [consistent histories]; signature change.
  @ Lattice refinement: Bojowald et al PRD(07)-a0704;
    Sabharwal & Khanna CQG(08),
    Nelson & Sakellariadou PRD(08)-a0803 [numerical solutions],
    PRD(08)-a0806 [factor ordering];
    Sakellariadou JPCS(09)-a0810;
    Nelson & Sakellariadou CQG(10)-a0906 [isotropic embedding of anisotropic cosmology].
  @ Physical aspects: Singh IJMPD(06) [and Big Bang effective description];
    Xiong & Zhu ChPL(11)gq/07 [effect of inverse volume modification];
    Corichi et al AIP(08)-a0711,
    Corichi & Vukašinac AIP(12)-a1209 [continuum limit];
    Cianfrani & Montani MPLA(12)-a1201 [critical analysis];
    Craig CQG(13) [critical density].
  @ Large-volume limit: Hossain gq/05;
    Henriques GRG(06)gq [and Wheeler-DeWitt equation];
    Ding et al PRL(09) [effective scenario];
    Bojowald & Simpson CQG(14) [and factor-ordering ambiguities];
    > s.a. semiclassical quantum gravity.
  @ Related topics: Battisti JPCS(09)-a0810 [and the generalized uncertainty principle];
    Li & Zhu AHEP(09)-a0812 [thermodynamics];
    Shojai & Shojai IJMPD(09) [causal interpretation];
    Małkiewicz & Piechocki a0907 [volume operator and big bounce];
    Ashtekar et al PRD(10)-a1011 [path integrals and the WKB approximation];
    Qin & Ma MPLA(12)-a1206 [coherent-state functional integral];
    Kiefer & Schell CQG(13)-a1210 [interpretation of the triad orientations];
    Mielczarek AIP(13)-a1212 [asymptotic silence];
    Bojowald a1906 [volume fluctuations];
    > s.a. boundary conditions; singularities in quantum gravity.
  @ Variants: Ben Achour et al CQG(15)-a1407 [complex Loop Quantum Cosmology];
    Wilson-Ewing PRD(15)-a1503 [with self-dual variables];
    Ben Achour et al PRD(17)-a1612 [arbitrary spin  representations];
    Berra-Montiel & Molgado a2010 [deformation quantization, star product];
    > s.a. approaches to quantum gravity [group field theory];
      fine-structure constant [variation]; pilot-wave theory.
  > Fluctuations, perturbations: see perturbations
    in quantum cosmology;  quantization of cosmological perturbations.
  > Other theories of gravity:
    see Gauss-Bonnet Gravity; brans-dicke
    and higher-order gravity; modified approaches
    and types of approaches to quantum gravity.
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