Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review D Année : 2010

Topological limit of gravity admitting an SU(2) connection formulation

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We study the Hamiltonian formulation of the generally covariant theory defined by the Lagrangian 4-form L=e_I e_J F^{IJ}(\omega) where e^I is a tetrad field and F^{IJ} is the curvature of a Lorentz connection \omega^{IJ}. This theory can be thought of as the limit of the Holst action for gravity for the Newton constant G goes to infinity and Immirzi parameter goes to zero, while keeping their product fixed. This theory has for a long time been conjectured to be topological. We prove this statement both in the covariant phase space formulation as well as in the standard Dirac formulation. In the time gauge, the unconstrained phase space of theory admits an SU(2) connection formulation which makes it isomorphic to the unconstrained phase space of gravity in terms of Ashtekar-Barbero variables. Among possible physical applications, we argue that the quantization of this topological theory might shed new light on the nature of the degrees of freedom that are responsible for black entropy in loop quantum gravity.

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hal-00400823 , version 1 (11-09-2023)

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Lihui Liu, Merced Montesinos, Alejandro Perez. Topological limit of gravity admitting an SU(2) connection formulation. Physical Review D, 2010, 81 (6), pp.064033. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.81.064033⟩. ⟨hal-00400823⟩
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