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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