Lessons from the LQG String

dc.creatorHelling, Robert C.
dc.date2006-10-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:28:25Z
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dc.descriptionWe give a non-technical description of the differences of quantisation of the bosonic string between the usual Fock-space approach and the treatment inspired by methods of loop quantum gravity termed the LCQ string. We point out the role of covariant states with continuous representations of the Weyl operators versus invariant states leading to discontinuous polymer representations. In the example of the harmonic oscillator we compare the optical absorption spectrum for the two quantisations and find that the question of distinguishability depends on the order in which limits are taken: For a fixed UV cut-off restricting the Hilbert space to a finite dimensional subspace the spectra can be made arbitrarily similar by an appropriate choice of state. However, if the states are chosen first, they differ at high frequencies.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610193
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610193
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/117723
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleLessons from the LQG String
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