Type of Work
Article
Date
2012
Journal Title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Journal ISSN
1742-6596
Journal Volume
360
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/360/1/012061
Abstract
The phenomenology for the deep spatial geometry of loop quantum gravity is discussed. In the context of a simple model of an atom of space, it is shown how purely combinatorial structures can affect observations. The angle operator is used to develop a model of angular corrections to local, continuum flat-space 3-geometries. The physical effects involve neither breaking of local Lorentz invariance nor Planck scale suppression, but rather only involve the combinatorics of SU(2) recoupling. Bhabha scattering is discussed as an example of how the effects might be observationally accessible.
Citation Information
Major, Seth, "Quantum geometry phenomenology: Angle and semiclassical states" (2012). Hamilton Digital Commons.
https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/articles/196
Hamilton Areas of Study
Physics
Notes
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 360 (2012): 012061. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/360/1/012061