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Action and Hamiltonians in higher dimensional general relativity: First order framework

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider d>4d>4-dimensional space-times which are asymptotically flat at spatial infinity and show that, in the first order framework, the action principle is well-defined \emph{without the need of infinite counter terms.} It naturally leads to a covariant phase space in which the Hamiltonians generating asymptotic symmetries provide the total energy-momentum and angular momentum of the isolated system. This work runs parallel to our previous analysis in four dimensions \cite{aes}. The higher dimensional analysis is in fact simpler because of absence of logarithmic and super translation ambiguities.

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@article{arxiv.0808.2069,
  title  = {Action and Hamiltonians in higher dimensional general relativity: First order framework},
  author = {Abhay Ashtekar and David Sloan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.2069},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

12 pages, no figures. Extends the 4 dimensional analysis of arXiv:0802.2527 to higher dimensions

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