New multisymplectic approach to the metric-affine (Einstein-Palatini) action for gravity

DOI10.3934/JGM.2019019MaRDI QIDQ2296019zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jordi Gaset, N. Román-Roy

Publication date 17 February 2020

Published in Journal of Geometric Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.06181

zbMATH Keywords

classical field theoriesconstraintsEinstein-Palatini actiongauge symmetriesjet bundlesmetric-affine modelsmultisymplectic forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: We present a covariant multisymplectic formulation for the Einstein-Palatini (or Metric-Affine) model of General Relativity (without energy-matter sources). As it is described by a first-order affine Lagrangian (in the derivatives of the fields), it is singular and, hence, this is a gauge field theory with constraints. These constraints are obtained after applying a constraint algorithm to the field equations, both in the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formalisms. In order to do this, the covariant field equations must be written in a suitable geometrical way, using integrable distributions which are represented by multivector fields of a certain type. We obtain and explain the geometrical and physical meaning of the Lagrangian constraints and we construct the multimomentum (covariant) Hamiltonian formalism. The gauge symmetries of the model are discussed in both formalisms and, from them, the equivalence with the Einstein-Hilbert model is established.

Review text

The Einstein-Palatini model for general relativity is studied and the corresponding Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation, constraints, and gauge symmetries are discussed.

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