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ADM Worldvolume Geometry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We describe the dynamics of a relativistic extended object in terms of the geometry of a configuration of constant time. This involves an adaptation of the ADM formulation of canonical general relativity. We apply the formalism to the hamiltonian formulation of a Dirac-Nambu-Goto relativistic extended object in an arbitrary background spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0004031,
  title  = {ADM Worldvolume Geometry},
  author = {Riccardo Capovilla and Jemal Guven and Efrain Rojas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0004031},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, Latex. Uses espcrc2.sty To appear in the proceedings of the Third Conference on Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravity, September, 1999. To appear in Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplement)