Canonical analysis of unimodular Plebański gravity

We present the canonical analysis of different versions of unimodular gravity defined in the Plebański formalism, based on a (generally complex) <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi>S</a:mi><a:mi>O</a:mi><a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo><a:mn>3</a:mn><a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo></a:math> spin connection and set of (self-dual) two-forms. As in the metric formulation of unimodular gravity, one can study either a theory with fixed volume form or work in a parametrized formalism in which the cosmological constant becomes a dynamical field, constrained to be constant by the field equations. In the first case, the Hamiltonian density contains a part which is not constrained to vanish, but rather constrained to be constant, again as in the metric formulation. We also discuss reality conditions and challenges in extracting Lorentzian solutions.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.044047
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Canonical analysis of unimodular Plebański gravity

Elliot Nash, Steffen Gielen
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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Canonical analysis of unimodular Plebański gravity

Elliot Nash, Steffen Gielen
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Abstract

We present the canonical analysis of different versions of unimodular gravity defined in the Plebański formalism, based on a (generally complex) <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi>S</a:mi><a:mi>O</a:mi><a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo><a:mn>3</a:mn><a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo></a:math> spin connection and set of (self-dual) two-forms. As in the metric formulation of unimodular gravity, one can study either a theory with fixed volume form or work in a parametrized formalism in which the cosmological constant becomes a dynamical field, constrained to be constant by the field equations. In the first case, the Hamiltonian density contains a part which is not constrained to vanish, but rather constrained to be constant, again as in the metric formulation. We also discuss reality conditions and challenges in extracting Lorentzian solutions.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 111(4)
University of Sheffield (GB)
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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