Time, Gauge, and the Superposition Principle in Quantum Gravity

dc.creatorWeinstein, Steven
dc.date1997-11-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:31:59Z
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dc.descriptionThe quantization of time-reparametrization invariant systems such as general relativity is plagued by an ambiguity relating to the role of time in the theory. If one parametrizes observables by the (unobservable) time, and then relies on the existence of an approximate "clock" degree of freedom to give physical meaning to the observables, one finds multiple quantum states that yield the same predictions yet interfere with each other.
dc.description3 pages, LaTeX. Requires mprocl.sty, available at ftp://shemesh.fiz.huji.ac.il/pub/mprocl.sty . To be published in the proceedings of the Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity. (Jerusalem, June, 1997)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9711056
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9711056
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36068
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleTime, Gauge, and the Superposition Principle in Quantum Gravity
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