Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2005-04-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
The title has been changed. A new section on the simplicial discretization of the area metric reality constraint and GR action
Scientific paper
A classical foundation for an idea of reality condition in the context of spin foams (Barrett-Crane models) is developed. I extract classical real general relativity (all signatures) from complex general relativity by imposing the area metric reality constraint; the area metric is real iff a non-degenerate metric is real or imaginary. First I review the Plebanski theory of complex general relativity starting from a complex vectorial action. Then I modify the theory by adding a Lagrange multiplier to impose the area metric reality condition and derive classical real general relativity. I investigate two types of action: Complex and Real. All the non-trivial solutions of the field equations of the theory with the complex action correspond to real general relativity. Half the non-trivial solutions of the field equations of the theory with the real action correspond to real general relativity. Discretization of the area metric reality constraint in the context of Barrett-Crane theory is discussed. In the context of Barrett-Crane theory the area metric reality condition is equivalent to the condition that the scalar products of the bivectors associated to the triangles of a four simplex be real. The Plebanski formalism for the degenerate case and Palatini formalism are also briefly discussed by including the area metric reality condition.
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