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Dirac Geometric Approach for the Unimodular Holst Action

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  • Bogar Díaz

    (Departamento de Física de Altas Energías, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-543, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
    Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Spain
    Grupo de Teorías de Campos y Física Estadística, Instituto Gregorio Millán (UC3M), Unidad Asociada al Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

  • Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

    (Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Spain
    Grupo de Teorías de Campos y Física Estadística, Instituto Gregorio Millán (UC3M), Unidad Asociada al Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

  • Diana Zomeño Salas

    (Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Spain)

Abstract

We perform a Hamiltonian analysis of unimodular gravity in its first-order formulation, specifically a modification of the Holst action. In order to simplify the analysis, prior studies on this theory have introduced (for several reasons) additional elements, such as parametrization, complex fields, or considering the Barbero–Immirzi parameter as imaginary. We show that, by using a geometric implementation of the Dirac algorithm, a comprehensive analysis of the theory can be conducted without relying on these additional ingredients. The resulting theory reproduces the behavior of metric unimodular gravity.

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  • Bogar Díaz & Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor & Diana Zomeño Salas, 2024. "Dirac Geometric Approach for the Unimodular Holst Action," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-10, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:6:p:890-:d:1358899
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