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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 d=D+1d=D+1 dimensions. Starting from the Einstein--Hilbert action in a standard metric D+1D+1 decomposition, we derive Lorentz- and SO(D)\mathrm{SO}(D)-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 SO(D)\mathrm{SO}(D)-covariant formulation, thereby recovering full local Lorentz symmetry.

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@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