Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S. in Physics
First Advisor
Luca Bombelli
Second Advisor
Alakabha Datta
Third Advisor
Marco Cavaglia
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
I start with a short introduction on 3+1 ADM form and the tetrad form of General Relativity, then I review the Legendre transform of the Einstein-Hilbert action and the Palatini action. The Holst action is a generalization of the Palatini action by including a topological term. I derive Ashtekar's connection form directly from this action by doing the Legendre transformation rather than by a canonical transformation in the usual phase space. This is done in both Remmanian signature with half-flat connection and Lorentz signature with general Barbero-Immirzi parameter.
Recommended Citation
Gao, Caixia, "The Legendre Transform of the Holst Action" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 116.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/116