Hamiltonian formulation of curvature squared action

Details Hamiltonian formulation of curvature squared action Hamiltonian formulation of curvature squared action

2004-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0407141v1

Gen.Rel.Grav. 37 (2005) 1957-1983

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

15 pages, latex

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10714-005-0173-1

It has been observed earlier that, in principle, it is possible to obtain a quantum mechanical interpretation of higher order quantum cosmological models in the spatially homogeneous and isotropic background, if auxiliary variable required for the Hamiltonian formulation of the theory is chosen properly. It was suggested that for such a choice, it is required to get rid of all the total derivative terms from the action containing higher order curvature invariant terms, prior to the introduction of auxiliary variable. Here, the earlier work has been modified and it is shown that the action, $A=\beta\int \sqrt{-g} R^2 d^4 x$ should be supplemented by a boundary term in the form $\sigma=4\beta\int ^{3}R K \sqrt{h} d^{3}x$, where, $^3 R$, $K$ and $h$ are the Ricci scalar for three-space, trace of the extrinsic curvature and determinant of the metric on the three space respectively. The result has been tested in the background of homogeneous and anisotropic models and thus confirmed.

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