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Holomorphic Lorentzian Simplicity Constraints

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-28 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We develop an Hamiltonian representation of the sl(2,C) algebra on a phase space consisting of N copies of twistors, or bi-spinors. We identify a complete set of global invariants, and show that they generate a closed algebra including gl(N,C) as a subalgebra. Then, we define the linear and quadratic simplicity constraints which reduce the spinor variables to (framed) 3d spacelike polyhedra embedded in Minkowski spacetime. Finally, we introduce a new version of the simplicity constraints which (i) are holomorphic and (ii) Poisson-commute with each other, and show their equivalence to the linear and quadratic constraints.

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@article{arxiv.1107.5274,
  title  = {Holomorphic Lorentzian Simplicity Constraints},
  author = {Maité Dupuis and Laurent Freidel and Etera R. Livine and Simone Speziale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.5274},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

20 pages. v2: explicit counting of the holomorphic constraints added, and minor amendments

R2 v1 2026-06-21T18:42:32.296Z