Chern-Simons corner phase space in 4D gravity from BF-BB theory

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contents We investigate an approach to determine the correct Poisson brackets of fields restricted to codimension 2 and 3 surfaces in 4D gravity, which are of great potential use in holographic setups and discretisation. Employing a specific BF-BB type parametrisation of gravity which relaxes Plebanski's simplicity constraints, we find that gravity in 4 dimensions carries Chern-Simons like phase spaces in codimension 2 and Kac-Moody algebras in codimension 3. The necessary gauge algebra in this context shows that the appropriate generalisation of the double $\mathcal{D}\mathfrak{so}(1,2)$ of 3D gravity is the Maxwell algebra, $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{so}(1,3)\ltimes(\mathbb{R}^{1,3}\tilde\oplus \mathfrak{so}(1,3)^\ast)$. This realises the corner Poisson bracket of the spin connection for the first time and shows it is off-shell commutative, while the corner metric is noncommutative.
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spellingShingle Chern-Simons corner phase space in 4D gravity from BF-BB theory
Langenscheidt, Simon
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We investigate an approach to determine the correct Poisson brackets of fields restricted to codimension 2 and 3 surfaces in 4D gravity, which are of great potential use in holographic setups and discretisation. Employing a specific BF-BB type parametrisation of gravity which relaxes Plebanski's simplicity constraints, we find that gravity in 4 dimensions carries Chern-Simons like phase spaces in codimension 2 and Kac-Moody algebras in codimension 3. The necessary gauge algebra in this context shows that the appropriate generalisation of the double $\mathcal{D}\mathfrak{so}(1,2)$ of 3D gravity is the Maxwell algebra, $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{so}(1,3)\ltimes(\mathbb{R}^{1,3}\tilde\oplus \mathfrak{so}(1,3)^\ast)$. This realises the corner Poisson bracket of the spin connection for the first time and shows it is off-shell commutative, while the corner metric is noncommutative.
title Chern-Simons corner phase space in 4D gravity from BF-BB theory
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03429