Dirac's algorithm in the presence of boundaries: a practical guide to a geometric approach

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB436BzbMATH Open1478.81026arXiv1904.11790OpenAlexW3099598042MaRDI QIDQ5159983FDOQ5159983

Authors: Bogar Díaz, Juan Margalef-Bentabol, J. Fernando Barbero G., Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor 

Publication date: 28 October 2021

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

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to propose and discuss a practical way to implement the Dirac algorithm for constrained field models defined on spatial regions with boundaries. Our method is inspired in the geometric viewpoint developed by Gotay, Nester, and Hinds (GNH) to deal with singular Hamiltonian systems. We pay special attention to the specific issues raised by the presence of boundaries and provide a number of significant examples -among them field theories related to general relativity- to illustrate the main features of our approach.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.11790

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian formulationDirac algorithmfield theory with boundaries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems on manifolds (58J32) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45)

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