In this work, two particular orthogonal and conformal decompositions of the 3+1 dimensional Einstein equation and Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) formalism for general relativity are obtained. In order to do these, the 3+1 foliation of the four-dimensional spacetime, the fundamental conformal transformations and the Hamiltonian form of general relativity that leads to the ADM formalism, de

In this work we will try to quantize midisuperspace model of spherically sym- metric spacetime with massless scalar field. On this type of spacetimes we apply Dirac method of canonical quantization, leading to Wheeler-DeWitt equations. We will attempt to solve those equation generally for aforementioned type of spa- cetimes. Our initial midisuperspace model is Roberts dynamical spacetime. As we will see later, Roberts metric behaves badly in the asymptotic region. Due to this problematic behaviour of Roberts spacetime at the boundary, we will choose to quantize its static version, the special Janis-Newman-Winicour spacetime. This midisuperspace model is static, asymptotically flat spacetime with scalar field and it contains a naked time-like singularity. For special Janis-Newman-Winicour spacetime we will then solve Wheeler-DeWitt equations.

nÃo hà / Neste trabalho, apresenta-se o formalismo canÃnico de quantizaÃÃoo da gravidade, tanto em sua formulaÃÃo original, para a qual a mÃtrica à a variÃvel canÃnica, quanto na de Ashtekar, onde a conexÃo autodual assume o papel de variÃvel canÃnica. Nesta Ãltima formulaÃÃo, as equaÃÃes de vÃnculo do formalismo sÃo drasticamente simplificadas, e, fazendo uso da teoria de Chern-Simons, constrÃi-se um estado que satisfaz estas equaÃÃes no vÃcuo, constituindo uma importante soluÃÃo para a equaÃÃo de Wheeler-DeWitt. O estado de Chern-Simons tambÃm tem uma representaÃÃo em loops, que recebe este nome por ser formulada em termos dos loops de Wilson.