First-order tetrad gravity in Dirac's Hamiltonian formalism

L. Castellani, P. van Nieuwenhuizen, and M. Pilati
Phys. Rev. D 26, 352 – Published 15 July 1982
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Abstract

The Hamiltonian d3x(pq̇L) is constructed without adding further terms. The velocities ėia and ω̇iab are eliminated while ė0a and ω̇0ab remain arbitrary. The second-class constraints reduce the theory to second-order tetrad gravity. The first-class constraints differ from those in second-order formalism, but satisfy the same gauge algebra provided one uses Dirac brackets.

  • Received 21 April 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.26.352

©1982 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

L. Castellani and P. van Nieuwenhuizen

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794

M. Pilati

  • Physics Department, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom

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Vol. 26, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1982

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