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Quantum Geometry and its Implications for Black Holes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
General relativity successfully describes space-times at scales that we can observe and probe today, but it cannot be complete as a consequence of singularity theorems.
Arnowitt R.   +7 more
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Numerical Approaches to Spacetime Singularities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This Living Review updates a previous version which its itself an update of a review article. Numerical exploration of the properties of singularities could, in principle, yield detailed understanding of their nature in physically realistic cases ...
A A Kirillov   +232 more
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Simple quantum cosmology: Vacuum energy and initial state

open access: yes, 2005
A static non-singular 10-dimensional closed Friedmann universe of Planck size, filled with a perfect fluid with an equation of state with w = -2/3, can arise spontaneously by a quantum fluctuation from nothing in 11-dimensional spacetime.
D. Spergel   +8 more
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Quantization of Midisuperspace Models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We give a comprehensive review of the quantization of midisuperspace models. Though the main focus of the paper is on quantum aspects, we also provide an introduction to several classical points related to the definition of these models.
A Ashtekar   +216 more
core   +5 more sources

Can chaos be observed in quantum gravity?

open access: yes, 2017
Full general relativity is almost certainly 'chaotic'. We argue that this entails a notion of nonintegrability: a generic general relativistic model, at least when coupled to cosmologically interesting matter, likely possesses neither differentiable ...
Dittrich, Bianca   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Geometry of Black Hole singularities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Recent results show that important singularities in General Relativity can be naturally described in terms of finite and invariant canonical geometric objects. Consequently, one can write field equations which are equivalent to Einstein's at non-singular
Stoica, Ovidiu Cristinel
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Loop Quantum Cosmology: Recent Progress

open access: yes, 2004
Aspects of the full theory of loop quantum gravity can be studied in a simpler context by reducing to symmetric models like cosmological ones. This leads to several applications where loop effects play a significant role when one is sensitive to the ...
A Ashtekar   +35 more
core   +1 more source

A no-singularity scenario in loop quantum gravity

open access: yes, 2012
Canonical methods allow the derivation of effective gravitational actions from the behavior of space-time deformations reflecting general covariance.
Ashtekar A   +23 more
core   +1 more source

What is General Relativity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
General relativity is a set of physical and geometric principles, which lead to a set of (Einstein) field equations that determine the gravitational field, and to the geodesic equations that describe light propagation and the motion of particles on the ...
Coley, Alan A., Wiltshire, David L.
core   +2 more sources

Covariant action for bouncing cosmologies in modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity

open access: yes, 2019
Cyclic universes with bouncing solutions are candidates for solving the big bang initial singularity problem. Here we seek bouncing solutions in a modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory, of the type $R+f(G)$, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar, $G$ is the Gauss-
Lemos, José P. S.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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