The problem of time for non-deparametrizable models and quantum gravity
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| author | Frauca, Álvaro Mozota |
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| contents | In this article I introduce a distinction between two types of reparametrization invariant models and I argue that while both suffer from a problem of time at the time of applying canonical quantization methods to quantize them, its severity depends greatly on the type of model. Deparametrizable models are models that have time as a configuration or phase space variable and this makes it the case that the problem of time can be solved. In the case of non-deparametrizable models, we cannot find time in the configuration or phase space of the model, and hence the techniques that allow solving the problem in the deparametrizable case do not apply. This seems to signal that the canonical quantization techniques fail to give a satisfactory quantization of non-deparametrizable models. As I argue that general relativity is non-deparametrizable, this implies that the canonical quantization of this theory may fail to provide a successful theory of quantum gravity. |
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| spellingShingle | The problem of time for non-deparametrizable models and quantum gravity Frauca, Álvaro Mozota General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology History and Philosophy of Physics In this article I introduce a distinction between two types of reparametrization invariant models and I argue that while both suffer from a problem of time at the time of applying canonical quantization methods to quantize them, its severity depends greatly on the type of model. Deparametrizable models are models that have time as a configuration or phase space variable and this makes it the case that the problem of time can be solved. In the case of non-deparametrizable models, we cannot find time in the configuration or phase space of the model, and hence the techniques that allow solving the problem in the deparametrizable case do not apply. This seems to signal that the canonical quantization techniques fail to give a satisfactory quantization of non-deparametrizable models. As I argue that general relativity is non-deparametrizable, this implies that the canonical quantization of this theory may fail to provide a successful theory of quantum gravity. |
| title | The problem of time for non-deparametrizable models and quantum gravity |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology History and Philosophy of Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08953 |