Lorentzian Condition in Quantum Gravity
arXiv:hep-th/9807148 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.103501 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.109903
Abstract
The wave function of the universe is usually taken to be a functional of the three-metric on a spacelike section, Sigma, which is measured. It is sometimes better, however, to work in the conjugate representation, where the wave function depends on a quantity related to the second fundamental form of Sigma. This makes it possible to ensure that Sigma is part of a Lorentzian universe by requiring that the argument of the wave function be purely imaginary. We demonstrate the advantages of this formalism first in the well-known examples of the nucleation of a de Sitter or a Nariai universe. We then use it to calculate the pair creation rate for sub-maximal black holes in de Sitter space, which had been thought to vanish semi-classically.
14 pages, LaTeX2e, 2 figures
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