Constraint analysis of two-dimensional quadratic gravity from \textit{BF} theory

DOI10.1007/S10714-016-2177-4zbMATH Open1367.83081arXiv1606.07361OpenAlexW2474154846MaRDI QIDQ2012375FDOQ2012375

Authors: C. E. Valcárcel 

Publication date: 31 July 2017

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

Abstract: Quadratic gravity in two dimensions can be formulated as a Background Field (BF) theory plus an interaction term which is polynomial in both, the gauge and Background fields. This formulation is similar to the one given by Freidel and Starodubtsev to obtain MacDowell-Mansouri gravity in four dimensions. In this article we use the Dirac's Hamiltonian formalism to analyze the constraint structure of the two-dimensional Polynomial BF action. After we obtain the constraints of the theory, we proceed with the Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky procedure to obtain the transition amplitude. We also compare our results with the ones obtained from generalized dilaton gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.07361

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zbMATH Keywords

constrained systemsquadratic gravityMacDowell-Mansouri gravity\({BF}\) theory

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) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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