Covariant spin-parity decomposition of the torsion and path integrals

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ACF08BarXiv2304.08360OpenAlexW4385828850MaRDI QIDQ6046925FDOQ6046925

Authors: R. Martini, Dario Sauro 

Publication date: 6 September 2023

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

Abstract: We propose a functional measure over the torsion tensor. We discuss two completely equivalent choices for the Wheeler-DeWitt supermetric for this field, the first one being based on its algebraic decomposition, the other inspired by teleparallel theories of gravity. The measure is formally defined by requiring the normalization of the Gaussian integral. To achieve such a result we split the torsion tensor into its spin-parity eigenstates by constructing a new, York-like, decomposition. Of course, such a decomposition has a wider range of applicability to any kind of tensor sharing the symmetries of the torsion. As a result of this procedure a functional Jacobian naturally arises, whose formal expression is given exactly in the phenomenologically interesting limit of maximally symmetric spaces. We also discuss the explicit computation of this Jacobian in the case of a $4$-dimensional sphere $S^4$ with particular emphasis on its logarithmic divergences.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.08360

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zbMATH Keywords

torsionpath integralsWheeler-DeWitt equationteleparallel theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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