Midisuperspace models of canonical quantum gravity

DOI10.1023/A:1026650212053zbMATH Open0959.83019arXivgr-qc/9806122OpenAlexW3122833813MaRDI QIDQ1805660FDOQ1805660

Authors: C. G. Torre 

Publication date: 18 November 1999

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A midi-superspace model is a field theory obtained by symmetry reduction of a parent gravitational theory. Such models have proven useful for exploring the classical and quantum dynamics of the gravitational field. I present 3 recent classes of results pertinent to canonical quantization of vacuum general relativity in the context of midi-superspace models. (1) I give necessary and sufficient conditions such that a given symmetry reduction can be performed at the level of the Lagrangian or Hamiltonian. (2) I discuss the Hamiltonian formulation of models based upon cylindrical and toroidal symmetry. In particular, I explain how these models can be identified with parametrized field theories of wave maps, thus a natural strategy for canonical quantization is available. (3) The quantization of a parametrized field theory, such as the midi-superspace models considered in (2), requires construction of a quantum field theory on a fixed (flat) spacetime that allows for time evolution along arbitrary foliations of spacetime. I discuss some recent results on the possibility of finding such a quantum field theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806122

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zbMATH Keywords

general relativityminisuperspacecanonical quantum-gravitymidisuperspace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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