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Algebraic structure of gravity in Ashtekar variables

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

The BRST transformations for gravity in Ashtekar variables are obtained by using the Maurer-Cartan horizontality conditions. The BRST cohomology in Ashtekar variables is calculated with the help of an operator δ\delta introduced by S.P. Sorella, which allows to decompose the exterior derivative as a BRST commutator. This BRST cohomology leads to the differential invariants for four-dimensional manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9409046,
  title  = {Algebraic structure of gravity in Ashtekar variables},
  author = {P. A. Blaga and O. Moritsch and M. Schweda and T. Sommer and L. Tataru and H. Zerrouki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9409046},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages, report REF. TUW 94-19

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