The Gauss map and 2 + 1 gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/11/11/009MaRDI QIDQ4838538zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Raymond Puzio

Publication date 3 October 1995

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9403012

zbMATH Keywords

constant mean curvature surfaceGauss mapMinkowski spacethree-dimensional gravityYork's extrinsic time programme

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: We prove that the Gauss map of a surface of constant mean curvature embedded in Minkowski space is harmonic. This fact will then be used to study 2+1 gravity for surfaces of genus higher than one. By considering the energy of the Gauss map, a canonical transform between the ADM reduced variables and holonomy variables can be constructed. This allows one to solve (in principle) for the evolution in the ADM variables without having to explicitly solve the constraints first.

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