Hamiltonian analysis of non-chiral Plebanski theory and its generalizations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/5/055005zbMATH Open1160.83301arXiv0809.4763OpenAlexW1979761649MaRDI QIDQ3616403FDOQ3616403

Authors: Sergei Alexandrov, Kirill Krasnov 

Publication date: 25 March 2009

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

Abstract: We consider non-chiral, full Lorentz group-based Plebanski formulation of general relativity in its version that utilizes the Lagrange multiplier field Phi with "internal" indices. The Hamiltonian analysis of this version of the theory turns out to be simpler than in the previously considered in the literature version with Phi carrying spacetime indices. We then extend the Hamiltonian analysis to a more general class of theories whose action contains scalars invariants constructed from Phi. Such theories have recently been considered in the context of unification of gravity with other forces. We show that these more general theories have six additional propagating degrees of freedom as compared to general relativity, something that has not been appreciated in the literature treating them as being not much different from GR.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4763

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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