General covariance of the path integral for quantum gravity

Zvi Bern, Steven K. Blau, and Emil Mottola
Phys. Rev. D 43, 1212 – Published 15 February 1991
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Abstract

We construct the functional integration measure over four-geometries in the path integral for quantum gravity by means of a geometric, manifestly covariant approach, similar to that used by Polyakov for string theory. This generalizes the previous one-loop method of Mazur and Mottola to all orders of perturbation theory. We compare this measure to that obtained by the gauge-fixed method of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin invariance exploited by Fujikawa and co-workers. The path integral defined by these two different procedures is one and the same.

  • Received 15 October 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.43.1212

©1991 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Zvi Bern*, Steven K. Blau, and Emil Mottola

  • Theoretical Division, T-8, Mail Stop B285, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

  • *Present address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
  • Present address: Physics Department, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002.

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Vol. 43, Iss. 4 — 15 February 1991

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