Geroch group in the Ashtekar formulation

Shun’ya Mizoguchi
Phys. Rev. D 51, 6788 – Published 15 June 1995
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Abstract

We study the Geroch group in the framework of the Ashtekar formulation. In the case of the one-Killing-vector reduction, it turns out that the third column of the Ashtekar connection is essentially the gradient of the Ernst potential, which implies that both quantities are based on the ‘‘same’’ complexification. In the two-Killing-vector reduction, we demonstrate the Ehlers and Matzner-Misner SL(2,R) symmetries, respectively, by constructing two sets of canonical variables that realize either of the symmetries canonically, in terms of the Ashtekar variables. The conserved charges associated with these symmetries are explicitly obtained. We show that the gl(2R) loop algebra constructed previously in the loop representation is not the Lie algebra of the Geroch group itself. We also point out that the recent argument on the equivalence to a chiral model is based on a gauge choice which cannot be achieved generically.

  • Received 7 November 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.6788

©1995 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Shun’ya Mizoguchi

  • II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 21010276 Hamburg, Germany

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Vol. 51, Iss. 12 — 15 June 1995

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