Observing shape in spacetime

DOI10.1007/S10714-015-1875-7MaRDI QIDQ2353808zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sean Gryb

Publication date 9 July 2015

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3989

zbMATH Keywords

conformalde SitterHamilton-Jacobi functionalholographyreference framesscale invarianceshape dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics (70H20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

Abstract: The notion of "reference frame" is a central theoretical construct for interpreting the physical implications of spacetime diffeomorphism invariance in General Relativity. However, the alternative formulation of classical General Relativity known as Shape Dynamics suggest that a subset of spacetime diffeomorphisms - namely hypersurface deformations - are, in a certain sense, dual to spatial conformal (or Weyl) invariance. Moreover, holographic gauge/gravity dualities suggest that bulk spacetime diffeomorphism invariance can be replaced by the properties of boundary CFTs. How can these new frameworks be compatible with the traditional notion of reference frame so fundamental to our interpretation of General Relativity? In this paper, we address this question by investigating the classical case of maximally symmetric spacetimes with a positive cosmological constant. We find that it is possible to define a notion of "Shape Observer" that represents a conformal reference frame that is dual to the notion of inertial reference frame in spacetime. We then provide a precise dictionary relating the two notions. These Shape Observers are holographic in the sense that they are defined on the asymptotic conformal boundaries of spacetime but know about bulk physics. This leads to a first principles derivation of an exact classical holographic correspondence that can easily be generalized to more complicated situations and may lead to insights regarding the interpretation of the conformal invariance manifest in Shape Dynamics.

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