The Clowes–Campusano LQG (CCLQG; also called LQG 3 and U1.28) is a large quasar group, consisting of 34 quasars and measuring about 2 billion light-years across. It is one of the largest known superstructures in the observable universe. It is located near the larger Huge-LQG. It was discovered by the astronomers Roger Clowes and Luis Campusano in 1991.
I was wondering, why are there no books on LQG?
For string/M- theory you have "The Elegant Universe", "Hyperspace", "Beyond Einstein", and numerous others.
But, for LQG, the closest I may have found (and I'm not even sure about this, since I just got the book, and haven't really started...
i would like to know what does loop quantum gravity say about the beginning of the universe does it confirm it had a beginning in the big bang (if it doesn't confirm them shouldn't it be in contradiction with GR)?
and does it say something about "before the big bang"?
I figured I'd start this forum off with something about the 2 stringy theories of quantum gravity. Both loop quantum gravity and string theory propose that everything is made of 1 dimensional loops, or strings. Both are quantum theories, not classic. This means that strings are not moving around...
I was just reading a paper co-authored by Jerzy Lewandowski
which is dated June 24 2003----but also dated February 2003, I don't know which applies.
http://arxiv.org/gr-qc/0302059
It begins "the quantum holonomy operators and the quantum flux operators are the basic elements of quantum...
what the differences in the mathematical framework in the two theories?
i know i heard that the maths of string theory is of 21th century (which is now).
I'm wondering how the discrete space in LQG is effected when it becomes a quantum field. In any given volume, you normally could find a continuous amount of intersecting field lines. In LQG, those lines or loops) are discrete, and space is basically a lattice of sorts. So in that case, there...
I'd like to acquire more than a casual understanding of LQG, and to do that I need the math first. My math background has been acquired ad-hoc while pursuing a degree in Astronomy. A smattering of group theory here, enough differential geometry and tensor gymnastics to read Gravitation (Thorne &...
In string theory, all particles and forces of nature of mere results of vibrating strings. Can LQG offer an alternative explanation for the zoo of particles we find? I seem to recall reading that the theory proposes that quarks are where edges of the lattice intersect, but I can't recall where...
I have readed a bit about them in an interview to Lisa Randall.
I have an idea of what they are. But don´t know the detaills of how it is working. That is, they implment the idea of supernumerary dimensios because only gravity can leave the brane (a d-brane if i am not wrong) while the...
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0212096
Lubos Motl (at Harvard's Jefferson Phys. Lab.)
this paper is pure gold for what it does on the side
quite apart from what you might expect from the title,
which sounds narrowly focused on a specialized technical issue.
what Motl gives on the...