Einstein gravity as a 3D conformally invariant theory

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/4/045005zbMATH Open1210.83005arXiv1010.2481OpenAlexW3102891694WikidataQ56687322 ScholiaQ56687322MaRDI QIDQ3083496FDOQ3083496

Authors: Henrique Gomes, Sean Gryb, Tim A. Koslowski 

Publication date: 22 March 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give an alternative description of the physical content of general relativity that does not require a Lorentz invariant spacetime. Instead, we find that gravity admits a dual description in terms of a theory where local size is irrelevant. The dual theory is invariant under foliation preserving 3-diffeomorphisms and 3D conformal transformations that preserve the 3-volume (for the spatially compact case). Locally, this symmetry is identical to that of Horava-Lifshitz gravity in the high energy limit but our theory is equivalent to Einstein gravity. Specifically, we find that the solutions of general relativity, in a gauge where the spatial hypersurfaces have constant mean extrinsic curvature, can be mapped to solutions of a particular gauge fixing of the dual theory. Moreover, this duality is not accidental. We provide a general geometric picture for our procedure that allows us to trade foliation invariance for conformal invariance. The dual theory provides a new proposal for the theory space of quantum gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2481

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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