A Lorentz-covariant connection for canonical gravity

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2011.083zbMATH Open1241.83013arXiv1103.4057OpenAlexW2161430079MaRDI QIDQ431353FDOQ431353

Authors: Marc Geiller, Marc Lachièze-Rey, K. Noui, Francesco Sardelli 

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a Lorentz-covariant connection in the context of first order canonical gravity with non-vanishing Barbero-Immirzi parameter. To do so, we start with the phase space formulation derived from the canonical analysis of the Holst action in which the second class constraints have been solved explicitly. This allows us to avoid the use of Dirac brackets. In this context, we show that there is a "unique" Lorentz-covariant connection which is commutative in the sense of the Poisson bracket, and which furthermore agrees with the connection found by Alexandrov using the Dirac bracket. This result opens a new way toward the understanding of Lorentz-covariant loop quantum gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.4057

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zbMATH Keywords

canonical gravityLorentz-invariancefirst order gravitysecond class constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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