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A field theoretic generalization of Hajicek and Kuchar's quantization scheme in 3+1 canonical quantum gravity

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, , Citation Evangelos Melas 2011 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 306 012062 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/306/1/012062

1742-6596/306/1/012062

Abstract

The 3+1 (canonical) decomposition of all geometries admitting two-dimensional space-like surfaces is exhibited as a generalization of a previous work. A proposal, consisting of a specific re-normalization Assumption and an accompanying Requirement, which has been put forward in the 2+1 case is now generalized to 3+1 dimensions. This enables the canonical quantization of these geometries through a generalization of Kuchař's quantization scheme in the case of infinite degrees of freedom. The resulting Wheeler-deWitt equation is based on a re-normalized manifold parameterized by three smooth scalar functionals. The entire space of solutions to this equation is analytically given, a fact that is entirely new to the present case. This is made possible by exploiting the freedom left by the imposition of the Requirement and contained in the third functional.

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