Gauge invariance of complex general relativity

DOI10.1023/A:1010268110661MaRDI QIDQ5947437zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Merced Montesinos, J. David Vergara

Publication date 3 March 2003

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0010113

zbMATH Keywords

Ashtekar variablesboundary conditionscomplex general relativitygauge fixing conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: In this paper it is implemented how to make compatible the boundary conditions and the gauge fixing conditions for complex general relativity written in terms of Ashtekar variables using the Henneaux-Teitelboim-Vergara approach. Moreover, it is found that at first order in the gauge parameters, the Hamiltonian action is (on shell) fully gauge-invariant under the gauge symmetry generated by the first class constraints in the case when spacetime $calM$ has the topology $calM=RimesSigma$ and $Sigma$ has no boundary. Thus, the statement that the constraints linear in the momenta do not contribute to the boundary terms is right, but only in the case when $Sigma$ has no boundary.

Review text

The authors implement the idea of how to make compatible the boundary conditions and the gauge fixing condition for complex general relativity written in terms of Ashtekar variables. Their work is based on the approach given in the paper by \textit{M. Henneaux}, \textit{C. Teitelboim} and \textit{J. D. Vergara} [Nucl. Phys. B 387, 391-418 (1991)]. They find that at first order in the gauge parameters, the Hamiltonian action is fully gauge invariant under the gauge symmetry generated by the first class constraints in the case when space time is topologically the product of a closed surface and the real line. In this situation, they show that the constraints which are linear in the momenta do not contribute to the boundary terms.

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