On the classical central charge

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/19/006MaRDI QIDQ5699682zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Blagojević, M. Vasilić

Publication date 26 October 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0410111

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: In the canonical formulation of a classical field theory, symmetry properties are encoded in the Poisson bracket algebra, which may have a central term. Starting from this well understood canonical structure, we derive the related Lagrangian form of the central term.

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