Instanton representation of Plebanski gravity. Gravitational instantons from the classical formalism

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2007-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703057v3

The Abraham Zelmanov Journal, 2011, Vol. 4 (pages 36-71)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

33 pages. Background information for revised journal article

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We present a reformulation of general relativity as a `generalized' Yang--Mills theory of gravity, using a SO(3,C) gauge connection and the self-dual Weyl tensor as dynamical variables. This formulation uses Plebanski's theory as the starting point, and obtains a new action called the instanton representation (IRPG). This paper has yielded a collection of various new results, which show that the IRPG is indeed a fundamentally new approach to GR which should not be confused with existing approaches. Additionally, the IRPG appears to provide a realization of the relation amongst general relativity, Yang--Mills theory and instantons.

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