The Link between General Relativity and Shape Dynamics

Details The Link between General Relativity and Shape Dynamics The Link between General Relativity and Shape Dynamics

2011-01-31

arxiv.org/abs/1101.5974v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

14 pages, LaTeX, no figures

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We show that one can construct two equivalent gauge theories from a linking theory and give a general construction principle for linking theories which we use to construct a linking theory that proves the equivalence of General Relativity and Shape Dynamics, a theory with fixed foliation but spatial conformal invariance. This streamlines the rather complicated construction of this equivalence performed previously. We use this streamlined argument to extend the result to General Relativity with asymptotically flat boundary conditions. The improved understanding of linking theories naturally leads to the Lagrangian formulation of Shape Dynamics, which allows us to partially relate the degrees of freedom.

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