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By parametrizing the action integral for the standard Schrodinger equation we present a derivation of the recently proposed method for quantizing a parametrized theory. The reformulation suggests a natural extension from conventional to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Charles H-T Wang , Smaragda Kessari , Edward R Irvine

Within loop quantum gravity we construct a coarse-grained approximation for the Einstein-Maxwell theory that yields effective Maxwell equations in flat spacetime comprising Planck scale corrections. The corresponding Hamiltonian is defined…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Jorge Alfaro , Hugo A. Morales-Técotl , Luis F. Urrutia

We study a system of two pointlike particles coupled to three dimensional Einstein gravity. The reduced phase space can be considered as a deformed version of the phase space of two special-relativistic point particles in the centre of mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-28 Jorma Louko , Hans-Juergen Matschull

The existing approaches to quantization of gravity aim at giving quantum description of 3-geometry following to the ideas of the Wheeler -- DeWitt geometrodynamics. In this description the role of gauge gravitational degrees of freedom is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-05-31 T. P. Shestakova

In a Lorentzian spacetime there exists a smooth regular line element field $(\bm{X},-\bm{X}) $ and a unit vector $ \bm{u} $ collinear with one of the pair of vectors in the line element field. An orthogonal decomposition of symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-12 Gary Nash

We introduce the generalized Lorentz gauge condition in the theory of quantum electrodynamics into the general vector-tensor theories of gravity. Then we explore the cosmic evolution and the static, spherically symmetric solution of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Changjun Gao

We present the leading order non-linear density and velocity power spectra in the complete form; previous studies have omitted the vector- and tensor-type perturbations simultaneously excited by the scalar-type perturbation in nonlinear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-22 Jai-chan Hwang , Donghui Jeong , Hyerim Noh

It is generally argued that the combined effect of Heisenberg principle and general relativity leads to a minimum time uncertainty. Most of the analyses supporting this conclusion are based on a perturbative approach to quantization. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Fernando Barbero G. , Guillermo A. Mena Marugan , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

The unification of quantum theory and the general theory of relativity - describing gravity, is one of the most important challenges in science. Einstein's general theory of relativity is based on the principle of equivalence, and has been…

The Quantum Cosmology can be understand as the theory of an one object that is the Universe described in terms of fundamental mass groundstate of the free boson string, that is a tachyon - a hypothetical particle with negative mass square,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-05 L. A. Glinka

The historical and conceptual foundations of General Relativity are revisited, putting the main focus on the physical meaning of the invariant ds, the Equivalence Principle, and the precise interpretation of spacetime geometry. It is argued…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Jaume de Haro , Emilio Elizalde

In this and a companion paper, we show that quantum field theories with gauge symmetries permit a broader class of classical dynamics than typically assumed. In this article, we show that the dynamics extracted from the path integral or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-04 David E. Kaplan , Tom Melia , Surjeet Rajendran

A static non-singular 10-dimensional closed Friedmann universe of Planck size, filled with a perfect fluid with an equation of state with w = -2/3, can arise spontaneously by a quantum fluctuation from nothing in 11-dimensional spacetime. A…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 T. R. Mongan

We derive the basic equations of the cosmological first-order post-Newtonian approximation from the recently formulated fully nonlinear and exact cosmological perturbation theory in Einstein's gravity. Apparently the latter, being exact,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Hyerim Noh , Jai-chan Hwang

A large class of quantum theories of gravity show that the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is modified to the "Generalised Uncertainty Principle" (GUP) near the Planckian scale. It has also been shown that the GUP induces perturbative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-12 Ashmita Das , Saurya Das , Elias C. Vagenas

We suggest a new perspective on the Cosmological Constant Problem by scrutinizing its standard formulation. In classical and quantum mechanics without gravity, there is no definition of the zero point of energy. Furthermore, the Casimir…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-09-25 Denis Bernard , André LeClair

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) has emerged in numerous attempts to a theory of quantum gravity and predicts the existence of a minimum length in Nature. In this work, we consider two cosmological models arising from Friedmann…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-12 Serena Giardino , Vincenzo Salzano

We present a non-perturbative quantization of general relativity coupled to dust and other matter fields. The dust provides a natural time variable, leading to a physical Hamiltonian with spatial diffeomorphism symmetry. The methods of loop…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-23 Viqar Husain , Tomasz Pawlowski

Studies of geometrical theories suggest that fundmental problems of quantization arise from the disparate usage of displacement operators. These may be the source of a concealed inconsistency in the accepted formalism of quantum physics.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel C. Galehouse

This work places the invariant $ds^2$ at the center of the gravitational interaction, interpreting it not as a purely geometric object but as the differential of proper time, endowed with direct physical meaning. Starting from the extension…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-10 Jaume de Haro