Quasilocal quantities for GR and other gravity theories

Details Quasilocal quantities for GR and other gravity theories Quasilocal quantities for GR and other gravity theories

1998-09-04

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9809020v2

Class.Quant.Grav. 16 (1999) 1279-1304

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

LaTeX (ioplppt.sty), 33 pages, no figures, accepted by CQG, small improvements, clarifications and new references, especially

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/16/4/018

From a covariant Hamiltonian formulation, by using symplectic ideas, we obtain certain covariant boundary expressions for the quasilocal quantities of general relativity and other geometric gravity theories. The contribution from each of the independent dynamic geometric variables (the frame, metric or connection) has two possible covariant forms associated with the selected type of boundary condition. The quasilocal expressions also depend on a reference value for each dynamic variable and a displacement vector field. Integrating over a closed two surface with suitable choices for the vector field gives the quasilocal energy, momentum and angular momentum. For the special cases of Einstein's theory and the Poincar\'e Gauge theory our expressions are similar to some previously known expressions and give good values for the total ADM and Bondi quantities. We apply our formalism to black hole thermodynamics obtaining the first law and an associated entropy expression for these general gravity theories. For Einstein's theory our quasilocal expressions are evaluated on static spherically symmetric solutions and compared with the findings of some other researchers. The choices needed for the formalism to associate a quasilocal expression with the boundary of a region are discussed.

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