On Quantum-Geometric Connections and Propagators in Curved Spacetime

The basic properties of Poincare gauge invariant Hilbert bundles over Lorentzian manifolds are derived. Quantum connections are introduced in such bundles, which govern a parallel transport that is shown to satisfy the strong equivalence principle in the quantum regime. Path-integral expressions are presented for boson propagators in Hilbert bundles over globally hyperbolic curved spacetimes. Their Poincare gauge covariance is proven, and their special relativistic limit is examined. A method for explicitly computing such propagators is presented for the case of cosmological models with Robertson-Walker metric.