PIRSA:08120051

Constraint free canonical GR using characteristic data

Reisenberger, M. (2008). Constraint free canonical GR using characteristic data. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08120051

Reisenberger, Michael. Constraint free canonical GR using characteristic data. Perimeter Institute, Dec. 18, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08120051 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:08120051,
            doi = {10.48660/08120051},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/08120051},
            author = {Reisenberger, Michael},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Constraint free canonical GR using characteristic data},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2008},
            month = {dec},
            note = {PIRSA:08120051 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Michael Reisenberger

Universidad de la Republica Uruguay

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The handling of the constraints on initial data is a major issue in most canonical formulations of general relativity. Since the 1960s unconstrained initial data for GR that living on null hypersurfaces has been known, but no canoncial formulation based on these data was developed due to conceptual and technical difficulties. I will explain how these dificulties have been overcome and outline the resulting canonical framework. I will also explain how this might be the ideal setting to attempt a proof of the Bousso entropy bound, or to incorporate the associated holographic principle in a quantization of gravity.