Generalized Wick transform for gravity
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Using a key observation due to Thiemann, a generalized Wick transform is introduced to map the constraint functionals of Riemannian general relativity to those of the Lorentzian theory, including matter sources. This opens up a new avenue within "connection dynamics" where one can work, throughout, only with real variables. The resulting quantum theory would then be free of complicated reality conditions. The ramifications of this development to the canonical quantization program are discussed.
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- Authors
- Ashtekar, A.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ashtekar, Abhay
- ORCID
- Ashtekar, Abhay
- Venue
- Physical Review D
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1996-03-15
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- R2865-R2869
- ISSN
- 0556-2821 (ISSN-L)
- 1089-4918
- OpenAlex
- W2593724734
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 6.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Keywords
- real variables, reality conditions, canonical quantization, quantum gravity, matter sources
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