On the implementation of the canonical quantum simplicity constraint

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/30/4/045005zbMATH Open1266.83018arXiv1105.3708OpenAlexW2125826724WikidataQ56139294 ScholiaQ56139294MaRDI QIDQ4920127FDOQ4920127

Authors: Thomas Thiemann, A. Thurn, N. Bodendorfer 

Publication date: 16 May 2013

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we are going to discuss several approaches to solve the quadratic and linear simplicity constraints in the context of the canonical formulations of higher dimensional General Relativity and Supergravity developed in our companion papers. Since the canonical quadratic simplicity constraint operators have been shown to be anomalous in any dimension D>2, non-standard methods have to be employed to avoid inconsistencies in the quantum theory. We show that one can choose a subset of quadratic simplicity constraint operators which are non-anomalous among themselves and allow for a natural unitary map of the spin networks in the kernel of these simplicity constraint operators to the SU(2)-based Ashtekar-Lewandowski Hilbert space in D=3. The linear constraint operators on the other hand are non-anomalous by themselves, however their solution space will be shown to differ in D=3 from the expected Ashtekar-Lewandowski Hilbert space. We comment on possible strategies to make a connection to the quadratic theory. Also, we comment on the relation of our proposals to existing work in the spin foam literature and how these works could be used in the canonical theory. We emphasise that many ideas developed in this paper are certainly incomplete and should be considered as suggestions for possible starting points for more satisfactory treatments in the future.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3708

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zbMATH Keywords

canonical quantum simplicity constraint

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Supergravity (83E50) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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