Asymptotically anti-de Sitter wormholes

Starting with a procedure for dealing with general asymptotic behavior, we construct a quantum theory for asymptotically anti-de Sitter wormholes. We follow both the path integral formalism and the algebraic quantization program proposed by Ashtekar. By adding suitable surface terms, the Euclidean a...

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Autores: Barceló, C., Garay Elizondo, Luis Javier, Gonzalez Diaz, P. F., Mena Marugán, Guillermo A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59554
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59554
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:51-73
Quantum-gravity
Cosmological constant
Baby universes
Coherence
Spacetime
Field
Física-Modelos matemáticos
Física matemática
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Sumario:Starting with a procedure for dealing with general asymptotic behavior, we construct a quantum theory for asymptotically anti-de Sitter wormholes. We follow both the path integral formalism and the algebraic quantization program proposed by Ashtekar. By adding suitable surface terms, the Euclidean action of the asymptoically anti-de Sitter wormholes can be seen to be finite and gauge invariant. This action determines an appropriate variational problem for wormholes. We also obtain the wormhole wave functions of the gravitational model and show that all the physical states of the quantum theory are superpositions of wormhole states.