Diffeomorphism symmetry in the Lagrangian formulation of gravity

DOI10.1007/S10773-008-9914-8zbMATH Open1171.83306arXiv0708.3300OpenAlexW3104281043WikidataQ125917252 ScholiaQ125917252MaRDI QIDQ2390863FDOQ2390863

Authors: Saurav Samanta 

Publication date: 10 August 2009

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Starting from a knowledge of certain identities in the Lagrangian description, the diffeomorphism transformations of metric and connection are obtained for both the second order (metric) and the first order (Palatini) formulations of gravity. The transformation laws of the connection and the metric are derived independently in the Palatini formulation in contrast to the metric formulation where the gauge variation of the connection is deduced from the gauge variation of the metric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3300

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zbMATH Keywords

gravityLagrangian analysisdiffeomorphism symmetry

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)

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