Frequently asked questions about shape dynamics

DOI10.1007/S10701-013-9754-0MaRDI QIDQ2442022zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Henrique Gomes, Tim A. Koslowski

Publication date 31 March 2014

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5878

zbMATH Keywords

canonical formalismconformal methodselectrodynamicsgeneral relativityinitial value problemshape dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22)

Abstract: Barbour's interpretation of Mach's principle led him to postulate that gravity should be formulated as a dynamical theory of spatial conformal geometry, or in his terminology, "shapes." Recently, it was shown that the dynamics of General Relativity can indeed be formulated as the dynamics of shapes. This new Shape Dynamics theory, unlike earlier proposals by Barbour and his collaborators, implements local spatial conformal invariance as a gauge symmetry that replaces refoliation invariance in General Relativity. It is the purpose of this paper to answer frequent questions about (new) Shape Dynamics, such as its relation to Poincar'e invariance, General Relativity, Constant Mean (extrinsic) Curvature gauge, earlier Shape Dynamics, and finally the conformal approach to the initial value problem of General Relativity. Some of these relations can be clarified by considering a simple model: free electrodynamics and its dual shift symmetric formulation. This model also serves as an example where symmetry trading is used for usual gauge theories.

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