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Are loop quantum cosmos never singular?

2009· article· en· W2032525506 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueClassical and Quantum Gravity · 2009
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Canadian institutionsPerimeter Institute
Fundersnot available
KeywordsLoop quantum cosmologyPhysicsGravitational singularitySingularityGeodesicCurvatureSpacetimeQuantum cosmologyInitial singularityGeneral relativityLoop quantum gravityNaked singularityQuantumScale factor (cosmology)Theoretical physicsUniverseMathematical physicsQuantum gravityClassical mechanicsCosmologyQuantum mechanicsMetric expansion of spaceDe Sitter universeGeometry

Abstract

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A unified treatment of all known types of singularities for flat, isotropic and homogeneous spacetimes in the framework of loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is presented. These include bangs, crunches and all future singularities. Using effective spacetime description we perform a model-independent general analysis of the properties of curvature, behavior of geodesics and strength of singularities. For illustration purposes a phenomenological model based analysis is also performed. We show that all values of the scale factor at which a strong singularity may occur are excluded from the effective loop quantum spacetime. Further, if the evolution leads to either a vanishing or divergent scale factor then the loop quantum universe is asymptotically deSitter in that regime. We also show that there exists a class of sudden extremal events, which includes a recently discussed possibility, for which the curvature or its derivatives will always diverge. Such events however turn out to be harmless weak curvature singularities beyond which geodesics can be extended. Our results point toward a generic resolution of physical singularities in LQC. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.074
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

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Opus teacher head0.019
GPT teacher head0.276
Teacher spread0.256 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
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