Gauge invariance of the wave functional in mixed momentum/coordinate representations

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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Starting from the observation that in Yang-Mills theory the Schroedinger state functional in the momentum representation is not gauge invariant, we investigate the reversed question: Which are the representations for the operators of a gauge theory that lead to an invariant wave functional once the quantum constraints have been imposed upon it? Stated otherwise: Which representation do we have to use if we wish the constraints of the theory to eliminate the non-physical degrees of freedom from the states? We use the framework of geometric quantization to attack this question. In particular, it is found that in the linear spin-two theory as well as in General Relativity, gauge invariance cannot be achieved by a pure coordinate (i.e., field) representation, but that one has to use mixed momentum/coordinate representations instead. Our results are illustrated by the example of the free relativistic point-particle as well as by simple cosmological mini-superspace models in the framework of General Relativity.

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