A semifinite spectral triple for an algebra canonically associated to canonical quantum gravity is constructed. The algebra is generated by based loops in a triangulation and its barycentric subdivisions. The underlying space can be seen as a gauge fixing of the unconstrained state space of Loop Quantum Gravity. This article is the second of two papers on the subject.
The machinery of noncommutative geometry is applied to a space of connections. A noncommutative function algebra of loops closely related to holonomy loops is investigated. The space of connections is identified as a projective limit of Lie-groups composed of copies of the gauge group. A spectral triple over the space of connections is obtained by factoring out the diffeomorphism group. The triple consist of equivalence classes of loops acting on a hilbert space of sections in an infinite dimensional Clifford bundle. We find that the Dirac operator acting on this hilbert space does not fully comply with the axioms of a spectral triple.
A new construction of a semifinite spectral triple on an algebra of holonomy loops is presented. The construction is canonically associated to quantum gravity and is an alternative version of the spectral triple presented in [2].
This paper establishes a link between Noncommutative Geometry and canonical quantum gravity. A semi-finite spectral triple over a space of connections is presented. The triple involves an algebra of holonomy loops and a Dirac type operator which resembles a global functional derivation operator. The interaction between the Dirac operator and the algebra reproduces the Poisson structure of General Relativity. Moreover, the associated Hilbert space corresponds, up to a discrete symmetry group, to the Hilbert space of diffeomorphism invariant states known from Loop Quantum Gravity. Correspondingly, the square of the Dirac operator has, in terms of canonical quantum gravity, the form of a global area-squared operator. Furthermore, the spectral action resembles a partition function of Quantum Gravity.
We construct normalizable, semi-classical states for the previously proposed
model of quantum gravity which is formulated as a spectral triple over holonomy
loops. The semi-classical limit of the spectral triple gives the Dirac
Hamiltonian in 3+1 dimensions. Also, time-independent lapse and shift fields
emerge from the semi-classical states. Our analysis shows that the model might
contain fermionic matter degrees of freedom.
The semi-classical analysis presented in this paper does away with most of
the ambiguities found in the initial semi-finite spectral triple construction.
The cubic lattices play the role of a coordinate system and a divergent
sequence of free parameters found in the Dirac type operator is identified as a
certain inverse infinitesimal volume element.Comment: 31 pages, 10 figure
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