Electronic Resource
College Park, Md.
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal of Mathematical Physics
38 (1997), S. 4730-4740
ISSN:
1089-7658
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Physics
Notes:
This work addresses a specific technical question of relevance to canonical quantization of gravity using the so-called new variables and loop-based techniques of Ashtekar, Rovelli, and Smolin. In particular, certain "superselection laws" that arise in current applications of these techniques to solving the diffeomorphism constraint are considered. Their status is elucidated by studying an analogous system: 2+1 Euclidean gravity. For that system, these superselection laws are shown to be spurious. This, however, is only a technical difficulty. The usual quantum theory may still be obtained from a loop representation and the technique known as "Refined Algebraic Quantization." © 1997 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.532118
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