Tunneling of quantum geometries in spinfoams

Pietro Donà, Hal M. Haggard, Carlo Rovelli, and Francesca Vidotto
Phys. Rev. D 109, 106016 – Published 13 May 2024

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.

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  • Received 20 February 2024
  • Accepted 29 April 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.106016

© 2024 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Pietro Donà*

  • Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France

Hal M. Haggard

  • Physics Program, Bard College, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504, USA

Carlo Rovelli

  • Center for Space, Time and the Quantum, 13288 Marseille, France; Department of Philosophy and Rotman Institute, Western University, London N6A 3K7, Ontario, Canada; Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France; and Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo N2L 2Y5, Ontario, Canada

Francesca Vidotto§

  • Department of Physics & Astronomy, Western University, London N6A 3K7, Ontario, Canada and Department of Philosophy and Rotman Institute, Western University, London N6A 3K7, Ontario, Canada

  • *pietro.dona@cpt.univ-mrs.fr
  • hhaggard@bard.edu
  • crovelli@uwo.ca
  • §fvidotto@uwo.ca

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Vol. 109, Iss. 10 — 15 May 2024

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