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Introduction to loop quantum cosmology
Kinjal Banerjee a ,
Gianluca Calcagni b ,
Mercedes Martín-Benito b a Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
b Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Golm, Germany
Abstract:
This is an introduction to loop quantum cosmology (LQC) reviewing mini- and midisuperspace models as well as homogeneous and inhomogeneous effective dynamics.
Keywords:
loop quantum cosmology, loop quantum gravity.
MSC: 83C45 ;
83C75 ;
83F05 Received: September 30, 2011 ; in final form
March 13, 2012 ; Published online
March 25, 2012
Language: English
DOI:
10.3842/SIGMA.2012.016
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