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A note on the formal structure of quantum constrained systems

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The space of the solutions of Dirac's quantum constraints cannot be constructed factoring the quantum state space by the ``simple'' gauge transformations generated by the constraints. However, we show here that it can be constructed by factoring the state space by suitably defined ``complete'' gauge transformations. These are generated by the action of the quantum constraints on individual components of the quantum state.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9711028,
  title  = {A note on the formal structure of quantum constrained systems},
  author = {Carlo Rovelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9711028},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, no figures, revtex

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