Cylindrically symmetric 2 + 1 gravity in terms of global variables: Quantum dynamics

Abstract

We perform quantization of a model in which gravity is coupled to a circular dust shell in [Formula: see text] spacetime dimensions. Canonical analysis shows that momentum space of this model is [Formula: see text]-space, and the global chart for it is provided by the Euler angles. In quantum kinematics, this results in non-commutativity in coordinate space and discreteness of the shell radius in timelike region, which includes the collapse point. At the level of quantum dynamics, we find transition amplitudes between zero and non-zero eigenvalues of the shell radius, which describe the rate of gravitational collapse (bounce). Their values are everywhere finite, which could be interpreted as resolution of the central singularity.