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IF-UFRJ-21/94 Constrained analysis of topologically massive gravity 4 9 9 1 J. Barcelos-Neto ∗ and T.G. Dargam g u A Instituto de F´ısica 8 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 1 RJ 21945-970 - Caixa Postal 68528 - Brazil v 5 4 0 8 0 4 Abstract 9 / h t - We quantize the Einstein gravity in the formalism of weak gravitational fields by using p e h the constrained Hamiltonian method. Special emphasis is given to the 2+1 spacetime : v dimensional case where a (topological) Chern-Simons term is added to the Lagrangian. i X r a PACS: 03.70.+k; 04.20.Fy; 11.30.-j (∗) Electronic mails: ift03001 @ ufrj and barcelos @ vms1.nce.ufrj.br 1 I. Introduction One of the ultimate goals of the quantum field theory (QFT) is the quantization of gravity. It is well-known that usual rules of quantization when applied to the Einstein Lagrangian for the gravitational field do not lead to a finite theory in a sense that infinities cannot be eliminated by means of regularization and renormalization procedures [1]. With the advent of supersymmetry and strings [2] there was the expectation of solving all the problems that the usual QFT was not able to do. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case, unless till now. We already know that supersymmetry when applied to gravitation (supergravity) does not lead to a finite theory. On the other hand, the interesting advent of the strings is nowadays fighting with the complexibility of its mathematical structures and its second quantization is still far to be applied in order to obtain