A unified field theory I: The quantization of gravity

Abstract

In a former paper we proposed a model for the quantization of gravity by working in a bundle E where we realized the Hamilton constraint as the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. However, the corresponding operator only acts in the fibers and not in the base space. Therefore, we now discard the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and express the Hamilton constraint differently, either with the help of the Hamilton equations or by employing a geometric evolution equation. There are two modifications possible which both are equivalent to the Hamilton constraint and which lead to two new models. In the first model we obtain a hyperbolic operator that acts in the fibers as well as in the base space and we can construct a symplectic vector space and a Weyl system. In the second model the resulting equation is a wave equation in × (0,∞) valid in points (x,t,) in E and we look for solutions for each fixed . This set of equations contains as a special case the equation of a quantized cosmological Friedmann universe without matter but with a cosmological constant, when we look for solutions which only depend on t. Moreover, in case is compact we prove a spectral resolution of the equation.

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