Published June 15, 2006 | Version v1
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Volume operator for singly polarized gravity waves with planar or cylindrical symmetry

  • 1. Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 (United States)

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A previous paper constructed a kinematic basis for spin networks with planar or cylindrical symmetry and arbitrary polarization. This paper imposes a constraint which limits the gravitational wave to a single polarization. The spectrum of the constraint contains a physically reasonable number of zero eigenvalues, and the zero eigenvectors can be constructed explicitly. Commutation of the constraint with the Hamiltonian is expected to lead to a further constraint. This new constraint is not investigated in this paper, but I argue it will be nonlocal, relating states at two or more neighboring vertices

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 124005-124005.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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