Abstract
Quantum gravitational tunneling effects are expected to give rise to a number of interesting observable phenomena, including, in particular, the evolution of black holes at the end of their existence or the emergence of the early universe from a quantum phase. Covariant loop quantum gravity provides a framework to study these phenomena, yet a precise identification of tunneling processes is still not known. Motivated by this question, we consider a related, simpler case, that of Ponzano-Regge amplitudes: we find a detailed analogy of a class of simple transition amplitudes with tunneling processes in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics.
- Received 20 February 2024
- Accepted 29 April 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.106016
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