Hamiltonian, energy and entropy in general relativity with non-orthogonal boundaries

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/2/305zbMATH Open0998.83010arXivgr-qc/0107074OpenAlexW3106405747MaRDI QIDQ4532763FDOQ4532763

Authors: M. Francaviglia, M. Raiteri 

Publication date: 21 November 2002

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

Abstract: A general recipe to define, via Noether theorem, the Hamiltonian in any natural field theory is suggested. It is based on a Regge-Teitelboim-like approach applied to the variation of Noether conserved quantities. The Hamiltonian for General Relativity in presence of non-orthogonal boundaries is analysed and the energy is defined as the on-shell value of the Hamiltonian. The role played by boundary conditions in the formalism is outlined and the quasilocal internal energy is defined by imposing metric Dirichlet boundary conditions. A (conditioned) agreement with previous definitions is proved. A correspondence with Brown-York original formulation of the first principle of black hole thermodynamics is finally established.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0107074

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zbMATH Keywords

black hole thermodynamicsHamilton equationsNoether chargesenergy in relativistic field theoriesfirst-order matter Lagrangiansgauge-natural relativistic theoriesHamiltonian for general relativitymetric Dirichlet boundary conditionsNoether-conserved quantitiesnon-orthogonal foliation of spacetimequasilocal energy of gravitational fieldquasilocal internal energyquasilocal internal energy for spatially bounded gravitating systemsecond-order Hilbert Lagrangianvariation of Hamiltonian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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