
arXiv: 2311.18066
Abstract The dynamics of the expectation value of the volume is one of the key ingredients behind the replacement of the Big Bang singularity by a bounce in Loop Quantum Cosmology. As such, it is of great importance that this quantity is mathematically well-defined in the space of physical states of the theory. A number of caveats have been raised about such a definition entering in conflict with the quantum evolution of states, motivated by the situation found in quantum geometrodynamics. We show that there are ways around these caveats, all of which are related to the existence of quantization prescriptions leading to a nondegenerate curvature operator in Loop Quantum Cosmology. Interestingly, the properties of the curvature operator that may allow for a good behavior of the volume are only possible thanks to the discreteness of the geometry characteristic of the loop quantization procedure.
loop quantum cosmology, FOS: Physical sciences, big bounce, cosmological singularity, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Quantization of the gravitational field, Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc., General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
loop quantum cosmology, FOS: Physical sciences, big bounce, cosmological singularity, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Quantization of the gravitational field, Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc., General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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