Actions, topological terms and boundaries in first-order gravity: A review

DOI10.1142/S0218271816300111zbMath1341.83001arXiv1604.07764OpenAlexW2289666884WikidataQ57564276 ScholiaQ57564276MaRDI QIDQ2809076

Tatjana Vukašinac, Iraís Rubalcava-García, Alejandro Corichi

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07764

zbMATH Keywords

symplectic structureconnectiontetradaction principlesisolated horizonsNoether chargescovariant Hamiltonian formalismasymptotically flat gravityEinstein-Hilbert-Palatini termfirst-order gravityHamiltonian chargestopological terms in gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological characterizations of particular spaces (54F65) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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