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Analysis of constraints and their algebra in bimetric theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-09-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We perform a canonical analysis of the bimetric theory in the metric formulation, computing the constraints and their algebra explicitly. In particular, we compute a secondary constraint, that has been argued to exist earlier, and show that it has the correct form to eliminate the ghost. We also identify a set of four first class constraints that generate the algebra of general covariance. The covariance algebra naturally determines a spacetime metric for the theory. However, in bimetric theory, this metric is not unique but depends on how the first class constraints are identified.

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@article{arxiv.1802.07267,
  title  = {Analysis of constraints and their algebra in bimetric theory},
  author = {S. F. Hassan and Anders Lundkvist},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.07267},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

36 pages; v2: minor improvements, reference added