Quantum Gravity by the Complex Canonical Formulation

Abstract

The basic features of the complex canonical formulation of general relativity and the recent developments in the quantum gravity program based on it are reviewed. The exposition is intended to be complementary to the review articles available already and some original arguments are included. In particular the conventional treatment of the Hamiltonian constraint and quantum states in the canonical approach to quantum gravity is criticized and a new formulation is proposed.

104 pages

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