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The quantization of pure 3D gravity with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a finite boundary is of interest both as a model of quantum gravity in which one can compute quantities which are "more local" than S-matrices or asymptotic boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-29 Per Kraus , Ruben Monten , Richard M. Myers

We investigate new boundary conditions in three-dimensional asymptotically Anti-de Sitter gravity coupled to higher-spin fields, allowing for arbitrary boundary degrees of freedom. This generalization gives rise to an enlarged algebra of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-19 Arnaud Delfante

We study properties of boundary conditions (BCs) in theories with categorical (or non-invertible) symmetries. We describe how the transformation properties, or (generalized) charges, of BCs are captured by topological BCs of Symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-28 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Christian Copetti , Daniel Pajer , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

We derive boundary terms appropriate for the general Lanczos-Lovelock action on a null boundary, when Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed. We believe that these boundary terms have been derived for the first time in the literature. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-03-27 Sumanta Chakraborty , Krishnamohan Parattu

Boundary charges in gauge theories (like the ADM mass in general relativity) can be understood as integrals of linear conserved n-2 forms of the free theory obtained by linearization around the background. These forms are associated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Glenn Barnich

In this paper, a complex daor field which can be regarded as the square root of space-time metric is proposed to represent gravity. The locally complexified geometry is set up, and the complex spin connection constructs a bridge between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Xin-Bing Huang

The existence of an extra degree of freedom (d.o.f.) in $f(T)$ gravity has been recently proved by means of the Dirac formalism for constrained Hamiltonian systems. We will show a toy model displaying the essential feature of $f(T)$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-09 María José Guzmán , Rafael Ferraro

Matter interacting classically with gravity in 3+1 dimensions usually gives rise to a continuum of degrees of freedom, so that, in any attempt to quantize the theory, ultraviolet divergences are nearly inevitable. Here, we investigate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Gerard 't Hooft

We construct a bulk spacetime from a boundary CFT, $O(N)$ free scalar model, at finite temperature using a smearing technique, called a conformal flow. The bulk metric is constructed as an information metric associated with the boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-03 Sinya Aoki , János Balog , Kiyoharu Kawana , Kengo Shimada

We study a class of theories in which space-time is treated classically, while interacting with quantum fields. These circumvent various no-go theorems and the pathologies of semi-classical gravity, by being linear in the density matrix and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-15 Jonathan Oppenheim , Zachary Weller-Davies

We review what is known about boundary conditions in General Relativity on a spacetime of Euclidean signature. The obvious Dirichlet boundary condition, in which one specifies the boundary geometry, is actually not elliptic and in general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-18 Edward Witten

In this work we study canonical gravity in finite regions for which we introduce a generalisation of the Gibbons-Hawking boundary term including the Immirzi parameter. We study the canonical formulation on a spacelike hypersuface with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-10 Laurent Freidel , Alejandro Perez , Daniele Pranzetti

We introduce a finite-dimensional algebra that controls the possible boundary conditions of a conformal field theory. For theories that are obtained by modding out a Z_2 symmetry (corresponding to a so-called D_odd-type, or half-integer…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Fuchs , C. Schweigert

In canonical quantum gravity, the presence of spatial boundaries naturally leads to a boundary quantum states, representing quantum boundary conditions for the bulk fields. As a consequence, quantum states of the bulk geometry needs to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-11 Qian Chen , Etera R. Livine

We study black hole formation in a model of two dimensional dilaton gravity and 24 massless scalar fields with a boundary. We find the most general boundary condition consistent with perfect reflection of matter and the constraints. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-01 Sumit R. Das , Sudipta Mukherji

We revisit the covariant phase space formalism applied to gravitational theories with null boundaries, utilizing the most general boundary conditions consistent with a fixed null normal. To fix the ambiguity inherent in the Wald-Zoupas…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-21 Venkatesa Chandrasekaran , Antony J. Speranza

One of the key issues in holography is going beyond $\mathrm{AdS}$ and defining quantum gravity in spacetimes with a null boundary. Recent examples of this type involve linear dilaton asymptotics and are related to the $T \overline{T}$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-01 Christian Ferko , Savdeep Sethi

We explore AdS/CFT duality in the large $N$ limit, where the duality reduces to gauge/gravity correspondence, from the viewpoint of covariant phase space formalism (CPSF). In particular, we elucidate the role of the $W, Y$, and $Z$ freedoms…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-20 A. Parvizi , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , V. Taghiloo

Quantum mechanical boundary conditions along a timelike line, corresponding to the origin in radial coordinates, in two-dimensional dilaton gravity coupled to $N$ matter fields, are considered. Conformal invariance and vacuum stability…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 A. Strominger , L. Thorlacius

We consider the quantization of the midi-superspace associated with a class of spacetimes with toroidal isometries, but without the compact spatial hypersurfaces of the well-known Gowdy models. By a symmetry reduction, the phase space for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Christopher Beetle