Canonical Lagrangian dynamics and general relativity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/20/205017MaRDI QIDQ3535569zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Andrew Randono

Publication date 13 November 2008

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2230

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: Building towards a more covariant approach to canonical classical and quantum gravity we outline an approach to constrained dynamics that de-emphasizes the role of the Hamiltonian phase space and highlights the role of the Lagrangian phase space. We identify a "Lagrangian one-form" to replace the standard symplectic one-form, which we use to construct the canonical constraints and an associated constraint algebra. The method is particularly useful for generally covariant systems and systems with a degenerate canonical symplectic form, such as Einstein Cartan gravity, to which we apply the method explicitly. We find that one can demonstrate the closure of the constraints without gauge fixing the Lorentz group or introducing primary constraints on the phase space variables. Finally, using geometric quantization techniques, we briefly discuss implications of the formalism for the quantum theory.

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