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Hamiltonian structure of three-dimensional gravity in Vielbein formalism

Mahdi Hajihashemi and Ahmad Shirzad
Phys. Rev. D 97, 024022 – Published 19 January 2018

Abstract

Considering Chern-Simons like gravity theories in three dimensions as first order systems, we analyze the Hamiltonian structure of three theories Topological massive gravity, New massive gravity, and Zwei-Dreibein Gravity. We show that these systems demonstrate a new feature of the constrained systems in which a new kind of constraints emerge due to factorization of determinant of the matrix of Poisson brackets of constraints. We find the desired number of degrees of freedom as well as the generating functional of local Lorentz transformations and diffeomorphism through canonical structure of the system. We also compare the Hamiltonian structure of linearized version of the considered models with the original ones.

  • Received 30 August 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.024022

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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Mahdi Hajihashemi1,* and Ahmad Shirzad1,2,†

  • 1Department of Physics, Isfahan University of Technology, P.O.Box 84156-83111 Isfahan, Iran
  • 2School of Particles and Accelerators, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P.O.Box 19395-5531 Tehran, Iran

  • *mehdi.hajihashemi@ph.iut.ac.ir
  • shirzad@ipm.ir

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Vol. 97, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2018

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