Global Barbero-Immirzi Connections

dc.creatorFatibene, L.
dc.creatorFrancaviglia, M.
dc.date2009-05-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:14:27Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:14:27Z
dc.descriptionThe Barbero-Immirzi (BI) connection, as usually introduced out of a spin connection, is a global object though it does not transform properly as a genuine connection with respect to generic spin transformations, unless quite specific and suitable gauges are imposed. We shall here investigate whether and under which global conditions a (properly transforming and hence global) SU(2)-connection can be canonically defined in a gauge covariant way in such a way that SU(2)-connection locally agrees with the usual BI connection and can be defined on pretty general bundles (in particular triviality is not assumed). As a by-product we shall also introduce a global covariant SU(2)-connection over the whole spacetime (while for technical reasons the BI connection in the standard formulation is just introduced on a space slice) which restricts to the usual BI connection on a space slice.
dc.description9 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2031
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2031
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/230213
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleGlobal Barbero-Immirzi Connections
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