Diffeomorphism invariance in the Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.05.081zbMATH Open1221.83011arXiv0808.2623OpenAlexW2090885291MaRDI QIDQ717047FDOQ717047

Authors: N. Kiriushcheva, C. Racknor, S. V. Kuz'min, Sree Ram Valluri 

Publication date: 27 September 2011

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that when the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian is considered without any non-covariant modifications or change of variables, its Hamiltonian formulation leads to results consistent with principles of General Relativity. The first-class constraints of such a Hamiltonian formulation, with the metric tensor taken as a canonical variable, allow one to derive the generator of gauge transformations, which directly leads to diffeomorphism invariance. The given Hamiltonian formulation preserves general covariance of the transformations derivable from it. This characteristic should be used as the crucial consistency requirement that must be met by any Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2623

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian formulationGeneral Relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45)

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