Geometry and observables in (2+1)-gravity

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-0981-9MaRDI QIDQ639910zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Catherine Meusburger

Publication date 11 October 2011

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.5227

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitygeneral relativityWilson loopsthree-dimensional gravityTeichmüller geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

Abstract: We review the geometrical properties of vacuum spacetimes in (2+1)-gravity with vanishing cosmological constant. We explain how these spacetimes are characterised as quotients of their universal cover by holonomies. We explain how this description can be used to clarify the geometrical interpretation of the fundamental physical variables of the theory, holonomies and Wilson loops. In particular, we discuss the role of Wilson loop observables as the generators of the two fundamental transformations that change the geometry of (2+1)-spacetimes, grafting and earthquake. We explain how these variables can be determined from realistic measurements by an observer in the spacetime.

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