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Hamiltonian Dynamics of Linearly Polarized Gowdy Models Coupled to Massless Scalar Fields

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze in detail the Hamiltonian formulation for the compact Gowdy models coupled to massless scalar fields as a necessary first step towards their quantization. We will pay special attention to the coupling of matter and those features that arise for the three-handle and three-sphere topologies that are not present in the well studied three torus case -in particular the polar constraints that come from the regularity conditions on the metric. As a byproduct of our analysis we will get an alternative understanding, within the Hamiltonian framework, of the appearance of initial and final singularities for these models.

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@article{arxiv.0707.3333,
  title  = {Hamiltonian Dynamics of Linearly Polarized Gowdy Models Coupled to Massless Scalar Fields},
  author = {J. Fernando Barbero G. and Daniel Gómez Vergel and Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3333},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Final version to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity