Geometrical representation of Euclidean general relativity in the canonical formalism

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/14/5/012MaRDI QIDQ4340992zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Glenn Barnich, Viqar Husain

Publication date 25 January 1998

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9611030

zbMATH Keywords

constraintsAshtekar variables\(SU(2)\) covariant representationEuclidean general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

Abstract: We give an SU(2) covariant representation of the constraints of Euclidean general relativity in the Ashtekar variables. The guiding principle is the use of triads to transform all free spatial indices into SU(2) indices. A central role is played by a special covariant derivative. The Gauss, diffeomorphism and Hamiltonian constraints become purely algebraic restrictions on the curvature and the torsion associated with this connection. We introduce coordinates on the jet space of the dynamical fields which cleanly separate the constraint and gauge directions from the true physical directions. This leads to a classification of all local diffeomorphism and Gauss invariant charges.

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