Action and Hamiltonians in higher dimensional general relativity: First order framework
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We consider -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.
Cite
@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