Complex action and quantum gravity

Takeshi Fukuyama and Kiyoshi Kamimura
Phys. Rev. D 41, 1105 – Published 15 February 1990
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Abstract

We give a general framework of quantum mechanics for the system of Lagrangians containing complex total-derivative terms. After being examined for the harmonic oscillator, our formalism is applied to Einstein gravity. It leads to a systematic quantum theory of Ashtekar's new canonical gravity.

  • Received 2 October 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.41.1105

©1990 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Takeshi Fukuyama

  • Department of Physics, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto 603, Japan

Kiyoshi Kamimura

  • Department of Physics, Toho University, Funabashi 274, Japan

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Vol. 41, Iss. 4 — 15 February 1990

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