Canonical Vielbeins for General Relativity: D + 1 Decomposition and Constraint Analysis
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2026-05-27 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We provide a self-contained derivation of the Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity in vielbein variables in dimensions. Starting from the Einstein--Hilbert action in a standard metric decomposition, we derive Lorentz- and -covariant phase-space actions, identify the primary Lorentz constraints, and obtain the Hamiltonian and momentum constraints. We compute the resulting first-class constraint algebra, relate the vielbein and metric phase-space formulations, and discuss the rotation/boost decomposition. In particular, we construct the boost generator in the -covariant formulation, thereby recovering full local Lorentz symmetry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.18491,
title = {Canonical Vielbeins for General Relativity: D + 1 Decomposition and Constraint Analysis},
author = {Joakim Flinckman and Daniel Blixt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18491},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
33 pages, subsection added "Castellani Generators", minor corrections, Submission to SciPost