Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2007

Abstract

We present a new method for the quantization of totally constrained systems including general relativity. The method consists in constructing discretized theories that have a well defined and controlled continuum limit. The discrete theories are constraint-free and can be readily quantized. This provides a framework where one can introduce a relational notion of time and that nevertheless approximates in a well defined fashion the theory of interest. The method is equivalent to the group averaging procedure for many systems where the latter makes sense and provides a generalization otherwise. In the continuum limit it can be shown to contain, under certain assumptions, the "master constraint" of the "Phoenix project". It also provides a correspondence principle with the classical theory that does not require to consider the semiclassical limit. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

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