A Covariant Canonical Quantization of General Relativity

A Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity within the context of the Nexus Paradigm of quantum gravity is presented. We show that the Ricci flow in a compact matter free manifold serves as the Hamiltonian density of the vacuum as well as a time evolution operator for the vacuum energy density....

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Main Author: Stuart Marongwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4537058
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Summary:A Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity within the context of the Nexus Paradigm of quantum gravity is presented. We show that the Ricci flow in a compact matter free manifold serves as the Hamiltonian density of the vacuum as well as a time evolution operator for the vacuum energy density. The metric tensor of GR is expressed in terms of the Bloch energy eigenstate functions of the quantum vacuum allowing an interpretation of GR in terms of the fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics.
ISSN:1687-7357
1687-7365