On a class of 2-surface observables in general relativity

Details On a class of 2-surface observables in general relativity On a class of 2-surface observables in general relativity

2005-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0511059v2

Class.Quant.Grav. 23 (2006) 2291-2302

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, a discussion of the observables in stationary spacetimes is included, new references are added, typos corrected

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The boundary conditions for canonical vacuum general relativity is investigated at the quasi-local level. It is shown that fixing the area element on the 2- surface S (rather than the induced 2-metric) is enough to have a well defined constraint algebra, and a well defined Poisson algebra of basic Hamiltonians parameterized by shifts that are tangent to and divergence-free on $. The evolution equations preserve these boundary conditions and the value of the basic Hamiltonian gives 2+2 covariant, gauge-invariant 2-surface observables. The meaning of these observables is also discussed.

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