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A note on the Hamiltonian constraint in canonical GR

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

The Hamiltonian constraint of the coupled Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs system with a cosmological constant is shown to be a pure Poisson bracket of a dimensionless functional on the phase space and the volume of the three-space. One of its potential consequences, a restriction on the eigenstates of the volume operator in a class of canonical quantum gravity theories, is also pointed out.

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@article{arxiv.0711.4009,
  title  = {A note on the Hamiltonian constraint in canonical GR},
  author = {Laszlo B. Szabados},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4009},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages, the discussion is improved, two references added, accepted in Class. Quantum Grav

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