New variables for classical and quantum gravity in all dimensions. II: Lagrangian analysis

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/30/4/045002zbMATH Open1266.83073arXiv1105.3704OpenAlexW2121291470WikidataQ56139289 ScholiaQ56139289MaRDI QIDQ4920124FDOQ4920124

Authors: Thomas Thiemann, A. Thurn, N. Bodendorfer 

Publication date: 16 May 2013

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

Abstract: We rederive the results of our companion paper, for matching spacetime and internal signature, by applying in detail the Dirac algorithm to the Palatini action. While the constraint set of the Palatini action contains second class constraints, by an appeal to the method of gauge unfixing, we map the second class system to an equivalent first class system which turns out to be identical to the first class constraint system obtained via the extension of the ADM phase space performed in our companion paper. Central to our analysis is again the appropriate treatment of the simplicity constraint. Remarkably, the simplicity constraint invariant extension of the Hamiltonian constraint, that is a necessary step in the gauge unfixing procedure, involves a correction term which is precisely the one found in the companion paper and which makes sure that the Hamiltonian constraint derived from the Palatini Lagrangian coincides with the ADM Hamiltonian constraint when Gauss and simplicity constraints are satisfied. We therefore have rederived our new connection formulation of General Relativity from an independent starting point, thus confirming the consistency of this framework.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3704

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityLagrangian analysisHamiltonian constraintPalatininew variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics (70H20) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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