Loop Quantum Cosmology

Framework > s.a. quantum cosmology.
@ General formalism: Ashtekar et al ATMP(03)gq; Velhinho CQG(04) [observables]; Bojowald gq/05-in; Kagan PRD(05)gq [from Plebanski 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-in; Fewster & Sahlmann a0804 [Wigner function]; Corichi & Singh a0805 [consistent possibilities].
@ Relationship with lqg: Engle CQG(07)gq [symmetric sectors and embeddings]; Brunnemann & Fleischhack a0709 [configuration space]; Koslowski a0711 [cosmological sector of full lqg].
@ Dynamics: Noui et al PRD(05)gq/04 [physical ]; Vandersloot PRD(05)gq [H]; Bojowald & Rej CQG(05)gq [properties of difference equations]; Ashtekar et al PRD(06)gq [improved dynamics].
@ Lattice refinement: Bojowald et al PRD(07)-a0704; Sabharwal & Khanna CQG(08), Nelson & Sakellariadou a0803 [numerical solutions], PRD(08)-a0806 [factor ordering].
@ Physical aspects: Singh IJMPD(06) [and Big Bang effective description]; Xiong & Zhu gq/07 [effect of inverse volume modification]; Magueijo & Singh PRD(07)ap [thermal fluctuations]; Corichi et al a0711-in [continuum limit].
@ Reviews: Bojowald Pra(04)gq-in, ap/05-in, LRR(05)gq/06, in(06)gq, LRR(08); Ashtekar NCB(07)gq.

Pre-Big-Bang
@ General references: De Risi et al PRD(07)-a0706.
@ Cyclic models and bounces: Lidsey et al PRD(04)gq; Bojowald et al PRD(04)ht; Date & Hossain PRL(05)gq/04; Singh et al PRD(06)gq; Bojowald PRD(07)gq/06 [large scale effective theory]; Bojowald PRS(08)-a0710 [fluctuations]; Corichi & Singh PRL(08)-a0710 [cosmic recall]; Mielczarek et al PRD(08)-a0801 [with massless scalar and cosmological constant]; Bojowald a0801 [interacting matter]; Bojowald & Tavakol a0803 [and entropy]; Hrycyna et al a0804 [and quantisation ambiguities]; Bojowald PRL(08)-a0805 [effect of quantum fluctuations and correlations].
@ Related topics: news psu(07)jun; news pw(07)jul [cosmic forgetfulness].

With More Degrees of Freedom
@ Anisotropic: Bojowald et al CQG(06) [perturbative].
@ Perturbations: Bojowald GRG(06)gq; Bojowald & Hossain CQG(07)-a0709 [vector modes and bounces].
@ Beyond the homogeneous approximation: Rovelli & Vidotto a0805.

Other Specific Issues > s.a. boundary conditions; quantum gravity phenomenology [singularities] and quantum cosmology phenomenology.
@ Large-volume limit: Hossain gq/05; Henriques GRG(06)gq [and Wheeler-DeWitt equation].

Specific Types of Models and Matter Couplings > s.a. cosmological models; numerical models.
@ Dirac fields: Bojowald et al PRD(08)-a0710 [and nucleosynthesis].
@ Other matter: Wei & Zhang PRD(07) [quintom and hessence energies]; Bojowald et al PRD(07) [massive or interacting scalar].
@ Types of spacetimes: Parisi et al CQG(07) [Einstein static universe]; > s.a. anti-de Sitter; FRW models; minisuperspace.
> Related topics: see inflation [and Planck-scale physics]; inflationary phenomenology; perturbations; Phantom Field; time in quantum gravity.

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