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Elementary Model of Constraint Quantization with an Anomaly

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Quantum gravity is made more difficult in part by its constraint structure. The constraints are classically first-class; however, upon quantization they become partially second-class. To study such behavior, we focus on a simple problem with finitely many degrees of freedom and demonstrate how the projection operator formalism for dealing with quantum constraints is well suited to this type of example.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0502045,
  title  = {Elementary Model of Constraint Quantization with an Anomaly},
  author = {J. Scott Little and John R. Klauder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0502045},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 2 figures

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