Topological lattice gravity using self-dual variables

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/10/003MaRDI QIDQ4717006zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors José A. Zapata

Publication date 25 May 1997

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9603030

zbMATH Keywords

\(B\wedge F\) theoryalgebra of the symmetry generatorslattice modelself-dualitytopological gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

Abstract: Topological gravity is the reduction of general relativity to flat space-times. A lattice model describing topological gravity is developed starting from a Hamiltonian lattice version of $BwF$ theory. The extra symmetries not present in gravity that kill the local degrees of freedom in $BwedgeF$ theory are removed. The remaining symmetries preserve the geometrical character of the lattice. Using self-dual variables, the conditions that guarantee the geometricity of the lattice become reality conditions. The local part of the remaining symmetry generators, that respect the geometricity-reality conditions, has the form of Ashtekar's constraints for GR. Only after constraining the initial data to flat lattices and considering the non-local (plus local) part of the constraints does the algebra of the symmetry generators close. A strategy to extend the model for non-flat connections and quantization are discussed.

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