Exact solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and the Yamabe construction

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2015.04.016zbMATH Open1343.83012arXiv1408.0710OpenAlexW2009735294MaRDI QIDQ305322FDOQ305322

Authors: Eyo Eyo III Ita, Chopin Soo 

Publication date: 29 August 2016

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Exact solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation of the full theory of four dimensional gravity of Lorentzian signature are obtained. They are characterized by Schr"odinger wavefunctionals having support on 3-metrics of constant spatial scalar curvature, and thus contain two full physical field degrees of freedom in accordance with the Yamabe construction. These solutions are moreover Gaussians of minimum uncertainty and they are naturally associated with a rigged Hilbert space. In addition, in the limit the regulator is removed, exact 3-dimensional diffeomorphism and local gauge invariance of the solutions are recovered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.0710

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zbMATH Keywords

quantizationSchwartzWheeler-DeWittYamabe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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