Constraints in Quantum Geometrodynamics

Details Constraints in Quantum Geometrodynamics Constraints in Quantum Geometrodynamics

2003-02-12

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0302044v2

Int.J.Mod.Phys. A19 (2004) 1609-1638

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

36 pages, no figures, submitted to IJMPA, Rewording, Fixed Typos

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217751X04017008

We compare different treatments of the constraints in canonical quantum gravity. The standard approach on the superspace of 3--geometries treats the constraints as the sole carriers of the dynamic content of the theory, thus rendering the traditional dynamical equations obsolete. Quantization of the constraints in both the Dirac and ADM square root Hamiltonian approaches leads to the well known problems of time evolution. These problems of time are of both an interpretational and technical nature. In contrast, the geometrodynamic quantization procedure on the superspace of the true dynamical variables separates the issues of quantization from the enforcement of the constraints. The resulting theory takes into account states that are off-shell with respect to the constraints, and thus avoids the problems of time. We develop, for the first time, the geometrodynamic quantization formalism in a general setting and show that it retains all essential features previously illustrated in the context of homogeneous cosmologies.

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