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A systematic construction of curved phase space: A gravitational gauge theory with symplectic form

Authors :
Jeffrey S Hazboun
James Thomas Wheeler
Source :
Presentations, All Physics Faculty Publications
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2012.

Abstract

General relativity can be constructed as a gauge theory using the quotient manifold strategy of [1, 2]. We consider a conformal gauging where the geometry is far richer than normal spacetime, including a symplectic form and the necessary emergence of Lorentzian signature. The resulting 2n-dim manifold constitutes a relativistic phase space, and general relativity is recovered when we demand that the momentum space is flat. However, the full geometry allows for curved phase space.

Details

ISSN :
17426596
Volume :
360
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....35191a7775f9a198a19522cde65d09f0
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/360/1/012013