A CANONICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EINSTEIN–HILBERT IN FIRST ORDER FORM

DOI10.1142/S0217751X06029545zbMATH Open1149.83005arXivhep-th/0609219OpenAlexW2156073123MaRDI QIDQ5484793FDOQ5484793

Authors: N. Kiriushcheva, D. G. C. Mckeon, S. V. Kuz'min 

Publication date: 21 August 2006

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the Dirac constraint formalism, we examine the canonical structure of the Einstein-Hilbert action $S_d=frac116piGint{d}^{d}xsqrt-gR$, treating the metric $$ and the symmetric affine connection $Gamm{a}_{muu}^{l}ambda$ as independent variables. For $d>2$ tertiary constraints naturally arise; if these are all first class, there are $d(d-3)$ independent variables in phase space, the same number that a symmetric tensor gauge field $ph{i}_{muu}$ possesses. If $d=2$, the Hamiltonian becomes a linear combination of first class constraints obeying an SO(2,1) algebra. These constraints ensure that there are no independent degrees of freedom. The transformation associated with the first class constraints is not a diffeomorphism when $d=2$; it is characterized by a symmetric matrix $x{i}_{muu}$. We also show that the canonical analysis is different if $$ is used in place of $$ as a dynamical variable when $d=2$, as in $d$ dimensions, $$. A comparison with the formalism used in the ADM analysis of the Einstein-Hilbert action in first order form is made by applying this approach in the two dimensional case with $$ and $Gamm{a}_{muu}^{l}ambda$ taken to be independent variables.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0609219

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zbMATH Keywords

gravityEinstein-Hilbert actionfirst order\(\text{SO}(2,1)\) algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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