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arxiv: gr-qc/0604084 · v1 · submitted 2006-04-20 · 🌀 gr-qc

Hamiltonian analysis of the double null 2+2 decomposition of General Relativity expressed in terms of self-dual bivectors

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In this paper we obtain a 2+2 double null Hamiltonian description of General Relativity using only the (complex) SO(3) connection and the components of the complex densitised self-dual bivectors. We carry out the general canonical analysis of this system and obtain the first class constraint algebra entirely in terms of the self-dual variables. The first class algebra forms a Lie algebra and all the first class constraints have a simple geometrical interpretation.

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