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Hamiltonian structure of Horava gravity

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The Hamiltonian formulation of Horava gravity is derived. In a closed universe the Hamiltonian is a sum of generators of gauge symmetries, the foliation-preserving diffeomorphisms, and vanishes on shell. The scalar constraint is second class, except for a global, first-class part that generates time reparametrizations. A reduced phase space formulation is given in which the local part of the scalar constraint is solved formally for the lapse as a function of the 3 metric and its conjugate momentum. In the infrared limit the scalar constraint is linear in the square root of the lapse. For asymptotically flat boundary conditions the Hamiltonian is a sum of bulk constraints plus a boundary term that gives the total energy. This energy expression is identical to the one for Einstein-aether theory which, for static spherically symmetric solutions, is the usual Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy of general relativity with a rescaled Newton constant.

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  • Quantizing non-projectable Ho\v{r}ava gravity with Lagrangian path integral hep-th · 2025-12-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 53 · internal anchor

    Develops a Lagrangian path integral formulation for non-projectable Hořava gravity and computes one-loop divergences in (2+1) dimensions, verifying cancellation of linear-in-frequency terms to extract beta functions for Newton constant and λ.