Constraints and reality conditions in the Ashtekar formulation of general relativity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/4/017MaRDI QIDQ4876669zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Gen Yoneda, Hisa-aki Shinkai

Publication date 4 November 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9602026

zbMATH Keywords

ADM formulation of general relativityconstraintscosmological constantgauge constraint equationsreality conditionsvacuum spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We show how to treat the constraints and reality conditions in the $SO(3)$-ADM (Ashtekar) formulation of general relativity, for the case of a vacuum spacetime with a cosmological constant. We clarify the difference between the reality conditions on the metric and on the triad. Assuming the triad reality condition, we find a new variable, allowing us to solve the gauge constraint equations and the reality conditions simultaneously.

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