Gravity from the extension of spatial diffeomorphisms

DOI10.1063/1.3596173zbMATH Open1317.70021arXiv1002.4449OpenAlexW1988136876MaRDI QIDQ5266038FDOQ5266038

Szilard Farkas, Emil J. Martinec

Publication date: 29 July 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The possibility of the extension of spatial diffeomorphisms to a larger family of symmetries in a class of classical field theories is studied. The generator of the additional local symmetry contains a quadratic kinetic term and a potential term which can be a general (not necessarily local) functional of the metric. From the perspective of the foundation of Einstein's gravity our results are positive: The extended constraint algebra is either that of Einstein's gravity, or ultralocal gravity. If our goal is a simple modification of Einstein's gravity that for example makes it perturbatively renormalizable, as has recently been suggested, then our results show that there is no such theory within this class.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4449

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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