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Definition of a time variable with Entropy of a perfect fluid in Canonical Quantum Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-07-30 v2

Abstract

The Brown-Kuchar mechanism is applied in the case of General Relativity coupled with the Schutz model for a perfect fluid. Using the canonical formalism and manipulating the set of modified constraints one is able to recover the definition of a time evolution operator, i.e. a physical Hamiltonian, expressed as a functional of gravitational variables and the entropy.

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@article{arxiv.0807.3281,
  title  = {Definition of a time variable with Entropy of a perfect fluid in Canonical Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Francesco Cianfrani and Giovanni Montani and Simone Zonetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3281},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, no figures. To be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity. v2: major changes