Covariant Hamiltonian quantization of teleparallel equivalents to general relativity
Abstract
A covariant Hamiltonian formulation generalizing De Donder-Weyl mechanics is constructed with field strengths as velocity fields. Since the teleparallel equivalents to general relativity are quadratic in field strengths, the field-strength Hamiltonian densities are non-singular and avoid primary constraints specifically from Legendre degeneracy. In contrast, canonical general relativity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation have a frozen formalism due to Hamiltonian constraints, while hypersurface deformations give refoliation gauge transformations. We introduce a Tomonaga-Schwinger-type equation without a preferred time coordinate by combining the generalized multisymplectic geometry with covariant phase space methods. Point-splitting regularization with renormalized hypersurface deformation generators is proposed as a candidate for hypersurface-dependent evolution. While ultraviolet divergences, operator domain issues, and anomaly freedom are still open problems, we provide a new framework for exploring nonperturbative quantum gravity that is classically equivalent to general relativity.
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@article{arxiv.2603.26961,
title = {Covariant Hamiltonian quantization of teleparallel equivalents to general relativity},
author = {David Chester and Vipul Pandey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26961},
year = {2026}
}