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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 17: Quantum Gravity IV

GR 17.2: Talk

Friday, March 4, 2016, 11:35–11:55, VMP6 HS A

Structural Features of the Weyl-Wheeler-DeWitt Equation — Claus Kiefer and •Branislav Nikolic — Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany

We discuss the canonical quantization of the action consisting of Einstein-Hilbert term plus Weyl-tensor squared term. The latter has the property of being invariant under local Weyl rescalings of the metric tensor (conformal transformations). We first discuss some classical aspects within the context of Hamiltonian formulation, constraints, and symmetries. We then perform the canonical quantization and discuss various properties of the arising new “Weyl-Wheeler-DeWitt” equation.