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Canonical quantization of the relativistic particle in static spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-11-19 v1

Abstract

We perform the canonical quantization of a relativistic spinless particle moving in a curved and static spacetime. We show that the classical theory already describes at the same time both particle and antiparticle. The analyses involves time-depending constraints and we are able to construct the two-particle Hilbert space. The requirement of a static spacetime is necessary in order to have a well defined Schr\"odinger equation and to avoid problems with vacuum instabilities. The severe ordering ambiguities we found are in essence the same ones of the well known non-relativistic case.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9601022,
  title  = {Canonical quantization of the relativistic particle in static spacetimes},
  author = {Alberto Saa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9601022},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Revtex, 9 pages