Geometry and observables in (2+1)-gravity

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-0981-9zbMATH Open1225.83035arXiv1001.5227OpenAlexW3101862420MaRDI QIDQ639910FDOQ639910

Authors: Catherine Meusburger 

Publication date: 11 October 2011

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

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.

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

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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)

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