Canonical analysis of cosmological topologically massive gravity at the chiral point

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dc.creatorGrumiller, D.
dc.creatorJackiw, R.
dc.creatorJohansson, N.
dc.date2008-06-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:46:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:46:49Z
dc.descriptionWolfgang Kummer was a pioneer of two-dimensional gravity and a strong advocate of the first order formulation in terms of Cartan variables. In the present work we apply Wolfgang Kummer's philosophy, the `Vienna School approach', to a specific three-dimensional model of gravity, cosmological topologically massive gravity at the chiral point. Exploiting a new Chern-Simons representation we perform a canonical analysis. The dimension of the physical phase space is two per point, and thus the theory exhibits a local physical degree of freedom, the topologically massive graviton.
dc.description13 pages, contribution to Wolfgang Kummer Memorial Volume
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4185
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4185
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/163659
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleCanonical analysis of cosmological topologically massive gravity at the chiral point
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