External time canonical formalism for gravity in terms of embedding theory

DOI10.1134/S020228931503007XzbMATH Open1327.83040arXiv1509.01529MaRDI QIDQ895729FDOQ895729

Authors: S. A. Paston, E. N. Semenova 

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Published in: Gravitation \& Cosmology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The formulation of gravity theory is considered where space-time is a 4-dimensional surface in flat ten-dimensional space. The possibility of using the "external" time (the time of ambient space) in this approach is investigated. The transition to the "external" time is realized with the help of partial gauge fixing, the coordinate condition which equates the timelike coordinate of the surface and time of the ambient space. It is shown that by using such a gauge condition in the action, the loss of any equations of motion does not take place, although it can happen in the general case. A version of the canonical formalism of the theory is studied in which certain additional constraints are imposed, providing the equivalence of the approach under consideration and general relativity. The corresponding first-class constraint algebra is obtained. It is proved that using the gauge directly in the action leads to the same result as gauge fixing in the constraint algebra, despite the artificial introduction of some of the constraints into the theory. Application of the "external" time may be useful for attempts to quantize the theory as well as for studies in embedding theory where 4-dimensional surfaces fill the whole ambient space and coordinates on the surfaces are not introduced.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01529

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zbMATH Keywords

gravityembedding theorycanonical formalismexternal time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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