Gauge and spacetime connections in the Plebanski formulation of complex general relativity

arXiv1204.4225MaRDI QIDQ6232428FDOQ6232428

Authors: Diego L. González, Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velázquez 

Publication date: 18 April 2012

Abstract: The Plebanski formulation of complex general relativity is given in terms of variables valued in the complexification of the $so(3)$ Lie algebra. Therefore, it is genuinely a gauge theory that is also diffeomorphism-invariant. For this reason, the way that the Levi-Civita connection emerges from this formulation is not direct because both the internal (gauge) and the spacetime connections are geometrical structures a priori not related, there is not a natural link between them. Any possible relationship must be put in by hand or must come from extra hypotheses. In this paper, we analyze the correct relationship between these connections and show how they are related.

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