SL(2,R) model with two Hamiltonian constraints

Merced Montesinos, Carlo Rovelli, and Thomas Thiemann
Phys. Rev. D 60, 044009 – Published 14 July 1999
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Abstract

We describe a simple dynamical model characterized by the presence of two noncommuting Hamiltonian constraints. This feature mimics the constraint structure of general relativity, where there is one Hamiltonian constraint associated with each space point. We solve the classical and quantum dynamics of the model, which turns out to be governed by an SL(2,R) gauge symmetry, local in time. In classical theory, we solve the equations of motion, find an SO(2,2) algebra of Dirac observables, find the gauge transformations for the Lagrangian and canonical variables and for the Lagrange multipliers. In quantum theory, we find the physical states, the quantum observables, and the physical inner product, which is determined by the reality conditions. In addition, we construct the classical and quantum evolving constants of the system. The model illustrates how to describe physical gauge-invariant relative evolution when coordinate time evolution is a gauge.

  • Received 26 January 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.60.044009

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Merced Montesinos*

  • Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS Luminy, F-13288 Marseille, France;
  • Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Avenida I.P.N. No. 2508, 07000 Ciudad de México, México;
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

Carlo Rovelli

  • Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS Luminy, F-13288 Marseille, France
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

Thomas Thiemann

  • Albert-Einstein-Institut, MPI f. Gravitationsphysik, Schlaatzweg 1, 14473 Postdam, Germany

  • *Email address: merced@fis.cinvestav.mx
  • Email address: rovelli@cpt.univ-mrs.fr
  • Email address: thiemann@aei-postdam.mpg.de

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Vol. 60, Iss. 4 — 15 August 1999

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