Elimination of the spin supplementary condition in the effective field theory approach to the post-Newtonian approximation

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2012.02.006zbMATH Open1246.83058OpenAlexW2075631339MaRDI QIDQ436258FDOQ436258

Authors: Steven Hergt, Jan Steinhoff, Gerhard Schäfer 

Publication date: 20 July 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The present paper addresses open questions regarding the handling of the spin supplementary condition within the effective field theory approach to the post-Newtonian approximation. In particular it is shown how the covariant spin supplementary condition can be eliminated at the level of the potential (which is subtle in various respects) and how the dynamics can be cast into a fully reduced Hamiltonian form. Two different methods are used and compared, one based on the well-known Dirac bracket and the other based on an action principle. It is discussed how the latter approach can be used to improve the Feynman rules by formulating them in terms of reduced canonical spin variables.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.2094

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zbMATH Keywords

effective field theorycanonical formalismclassical spinpost-Newtonian approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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