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Phys. Rev. D 46, R2279–R2282 (1992)

Ashtekar's variables for arbitrary gauge group

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Peter Peldán
Institute of Theoretical Physics, S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden

Received 24 April 1992; published in the issue dated 15 September 1992

A generally covariant gauge theory for an arbitrary gauge group with dimension ≥3 that reduces to Ashtekar's canonical formulation of gravity for SO(3,C) is presented. The canonical form of the theory is shown to contain only first-class constraints.

© 1992 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.R2279
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.46.R2279
PACS:
04.60.+n, 04.20.Cv, 04.20.Fy