GeomGravX: 10 Years of Geometric Foundations of Gravity and eXtensions (in Tartu)

Hamiltonian Formulation of Teleparallel Gravity with the Nieh-Yan Term

Not scheduled

20m

A106 (Physicum, University of Tartu)

Poster

Speaker

Martin Kováč (Comenius University Bratislava)

Description

We present the Hamiltonian formulation of the Teleparallel Gravity in the language of differential forms. Using a (3+1) decomposition, we identify the dynamical variables and their canonically conjugate momenta. The Hamiltonian is shown to be a linear combination of the Hamiltonian and diffeomorphism constraints arising from the teleparallel field equations. Adding the Nieh-Yan boundary term naturally leads to a formulation closely related to Ashtekar variables.

Presentation materials

Poster-Martin Kováč.pdf