May 6 – 10, 2024
US/Eastern timezone

General covariance and dynamics with a Gauss law

May 10, 2024, 3:00 PM
15m
FAU FTL Room 131

FAU FTL Room 131

Boundaries, Symmetries, and Classical aspects Boundaries, Symmetries, and Classical aspects

Speaker

Hassan Mehmood (University of New Brunswick)

Description

A 4-dimensional generally covariant gauge theory with local degrees of freedom is presented. It leads to the Gauss constraint but lacks both the Hamiltonian and spatial diffeomorphism constraints. The canonical theory therefore resembles Yang-Mills theory without the Hamiltonian. We describe its observables, quantization, and some generalizations.

Author

Hassan Mehmood (University of New Brunswick)

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