Towards Loop Quantum Gravity without the Time Gauge

Francesco Cianfrani and Giovanni Montani
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 091301 – Published 4 March 2009

Abstract

The Hamiltonian formulation of the Holst action is reviewed and it provides a solution of second-class constraints corresponding to a generic local Lorentz frame. Within this scheme the form of rotation constraints can be reduced to a Gauss-like one by a proper generalization of Ashtekar-Barbero-Immirzi connections. This result emphasizes that the loop quantum gravity quantization procedure can be applied when the time-gauge condition does not stand.

  • Received 25 July 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091301

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Francesco Cianfrani*

  • ICRA-International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Physics Department (G9), University of Roma “Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy

Giovanni Montani

  • ICRA-International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Physics Department (G9), University of Roma “Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
  • ENEA C.R. Frascati (Dipartimento F.P.N.), via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
  • ICRANET C. C. Pescara, Piazzale della Repubblica, 10, 65100 Pescara, Italy

  • *francesco.cianfrani@icra.it
  • montani@icra.it

See Also

Matter in loop quantum gravity without time gauge: A nonminimally coupled scalar field

Francesco Cianfrani and Giovanni Montani
Phys. Rev. D 80, 084045 (2009)

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Vol. 102, Iss. 9 — 6 March 2009

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