Canonical quantization of gravity without ``frozen formalism
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Publication:1600342
DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00301-2zbMATH Open0995.83024arXivgr-qc/0205032MaRDI QIDQ1600342FDOQ1600342
Authors: Giovanni Montani 
Publication date: 12 June 2002
Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We write down a quantum gravity equation which generalizes the Wheeler-DeWitt one in view of including a time dependence in the wave functional. The obtained equation provides a consistent canonical quantization of the 3-geometries resulting from a ``gauge-fixing (3 + 1)-slicing of the space-time. Our leading idea relies on a criticism to the possibility that, in a quantum space-time, the notion of a (3 + 1)-slicing formalism (underlying the Wheeler-DeWitt approach) has yet a precise physical meaning. As solution to this problem we propose of adding to the gravity-matter action the so-called {em kinematical action} (indeed in its reduced form, as implemented in the quantum regime), and then we impose the new quantum constraints. As consequence of this revised approach, the quantization procedure of the 3-geometries takes place in a fixed reference frame and the wave functional acquires a time evolution along a one-parameter family of spatial hypersurfaces filling the space-time. We show how the states of the new quantum dynamics can be arranged into an Hilbert space, whose associated inner product induces a conserved probability notion for the 3-geometries. Finally, since the constraints we quantize violate the classical symmetries (i. e. the vanishing nature of the super-Hamiltonian), then a key result is to find a (non-physical) restriction on the initial wave functional phase, ensuring that general relativity outcomes when taking the appropriate classical limit. However we propose a physical interpretation of the kinematical variables which, based on the analogy with the so-called {em Gaussian reference fluid}, makes allowance even for such classical symmetry violation.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0205032
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