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Main Authors: Gielen, Steffen, Nash, Elliot
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06333
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author Gielen, Steffen
Nash, Elliot
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Nash, Elliot
contents We present new action principles for unimodular gravity, defined in the chiral Plebański formulation based on (complex) two-forms and a complex ${\rm SO}(3)$ connection. In these theories, just as in their analogues in the metric formulation, the cosmological constant does not take a prescribed value but is an integration constant whose value can differ between different (classical) solutions. We discuss some subtleties when identifying Lorentzian solutions in the generally complex theory, and show how these theories can be reduced to a ``pure connection'' form similar to Krasnov's pure connection formalism for general relativity.
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spellingShingle Unimodular Plebański Gravity
Gielen, Steffen
Nash, Elliot
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We present new action principles for unimodular gravity, defined in the chiral Plebański formulation based on (complex) two-forms and a complex ${\rm SO}(3)$ connection. In these theories, just as in their analogues in the metric formulation, the cosmological constant does not take a prescribed value but is an integration constant whose value can differ between different (classical) solutions. We discuss some subtleties when identifying Lorentzian solutions in the generally complex theory, and show how these theories can be reduced to a ``pure connection'' form similar to Krasnov's pure connection formalism for general relativity.
title Unimodular Plebański Gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06333