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According to Belinsky, Khalatnikov and Lifshitz, gravity near a space-like singularity reduces to a set of decoupled one-dimensional mechanical models at each point in space. We point out that these models fall into a class of conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Pioline , A. Waldron

The nature of cosmic time is illuminated using Hamilton-Jacobi theory for general relativity. For problems of interest to cosmology, one may solve for the phase of the wavefunctional by using a line integral in superspace. Each contour of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 D. S. Salopek

In this paper we briefly review the functional version of the Koopman-von Neumann operatorial approach to classical mechanics. We then show that its quantization can be achieved by freezing to zero two Grassmannian partners of time. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. A. Abrikosov , E. Gozzi , D. Mauro

In this paper explore the relation between covariant and canonical approaches to quantum gravity and $BF$ theory. We will focus on the dynamical triangulation and spin-foam models, which have in common that they can be defined in terms of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Matthias Arnsdorf

We present a stochastic framework for emergent quantum gravity coupled to matter. The Hamiltonian constraint in diffeomorphism-invariant theories demands the identification of a clock relative to which dynamics may be defined, and other…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-05 Joshua Erlich

Time-reversal symmetry is of fundamental importance to physics. In the classical theory of time-reversal symmetry, the time-reversal symmetry of a quantum system is described by an anti-unitary operator, which is known as the time-reversal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 Ce Wang

In this paper, we focus on the relationship between the d-P$\left(A_{3}^{(1)}/D_{5}^{(1)}\right)$ equations and a time-evolved Jacobi weight, $w(x)=x^{\alpha}(1-x)^{\beta}\mathrm{e}^{-sx}$, $x\in[0,1]$, $\alpha,\beta > -1$, $s>0$. From the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Mengkun Zhu , Siqi Chen , Xuhao Zhang

Mechanical systems (i.e., one-dimensional field theories) with constraints are the focus of this paper. In the classical theory, systems with infinite-dimensional targets are considered as well (this then encompasses also higher-dimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-07-01 Alberto S. Cattaneo , Pavel Mnev , Konstantin Wernli

We analyze the weak-field limit of General Relativity with matter and its possible quantisations. This analysis aims towards a predictive quantum theory to provide a first-principles description of gravitational effects in macroscopic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-11 Charis Anastopoulos , Mihalis Lagouvardos , Konstantina Savvidou

The gravity is classically formulated as the geometric curvature of the space-time in general relativity which is completely different from the other well-known physical forces. Since seeking a quantum framework for the gravity is a great…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-09-29 Cao H. Nam

We introduce in $f(R)$ gravity--Palatini formalism the method of inverse problem to extract the action from the expansion history of the universe. First, we use an ansatz for the scale factor and apply the inverse method to derive an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-28 Shant Baghram , Sohrab Rahvar

We discuss the low-curvature regime of time-dependent matrix theories proposed to describe non-perturbative quantum gravity in asymptotically plane-wave space-times. The emergence of near-classical space-time in this limit turns out to be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-03 Ben Craps , Oleg Evnin

These notes contain a presentation of the noncommutative generalization of the classical moment problem introduced in [10] and [12]. They also contain a short summary of the classical moment problem in infinite dimension.

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2015-11-10 Michel Dubois-Violette

A formalism for quantizing time reparametrization invariant dynamics is considered and applied to systems which contain an `almost ideal clock.' Previously, this formalism was successfully applied to the Bianchi models and, while it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Donald Marolf

We develop the idea that, as a result of the arbitrariness of the factor ordering in Wheeler-DeWitt equation, gauge phases can not, in general, being completely removed from the wave functional in quantum gravity. The latter may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-09 Jose-Luis Rosales

The paper proposes a 4-dimensional generalization of the Hamilton equations of motion to the case of the Minkowski space-time. The approach can be applied to quantum as well as to classical, non-relativistic as well as relativistic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Yu. Bliokh

Conceptual problems regarding the arrow of time in classical physics, quantum physics, cosmology, and quantum gravity are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the dynamical role of the quantum indeterminism, and to various concepts of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-30 H. D. Zeh

Aharonov-Kaufherr model of quantum space-time which accounts Reference Frames (RF) quantum effects is considered in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics framework. For RF connected with some macroscopic object its free quantum motion - wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Mayburov

Classical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics and quantum mechanics are often depicted as separate realms of physics, each with its own formalism and notion. This remains unsatisfactory with respect to the unity of nature and to the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 C. Baumgarten

We suggest a new scenario of gravitation in which gravity at the fundamental level is described by a Riemannian (i.e. locally Euclidean) theory without the notion of time. The Lorentzian metric structure and the notion of time emerge as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Shinji Mukohyama