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Corner Structure of Four-Dimensional General Relativity in the Coframe Formalism

Mathematical Physics 2024-04-17 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP Quantum Algebra Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

This note describes a local Poisson structure (up to homotopy) associated to corners in four-dimensional gravity in the coframe (Palatini--Cartan) formalism. This is achieved through the use of the BFV formalism. The corner structure contains in particular an Atiyah algebroid that couples the internal symmetries to diffeomorphisms. The relation with BFBF theory is also described.

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@article{arxiv.2202.08684,
  title  = {Corner Structure of Four-Dimensional General Relativity in the Coframe Formalism},
  author = {Giovanni Canepa and Alberto S. Cattaneo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.08684},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

45 pages. Some minor corrections. Close to published version