Closed formula for the matrix elements of the volume operator in canonical quantum gravity
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 39 (6) , 3347-3371
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.532259
Abstract
We derive a closed formula for the matrix elements of the volume operator for canonical Lorentzian quantum gravity in four space–time dimensions in the continuum in a spin-network basis. We also display a new technique of regularization which is state dependent but we are forced to it in order to maintain diffeomorphism covariance and in that sense it is natural. We arrive naturally at the expression for the volume operator as defined by Ashtekar and Lewandowski up to a state-independent factor.Keywords
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