The reduced phase space of Palatini-Cartan-Holst theory

Alberto S. Cattaneo, Michele Schiavina

Published 2017-07-17Version 1

General relativity in four dimensions can be reformulated as a gauge theory, referred to as Palatini-Cartan-Holst theory. This paper describes its reduced phase space using a geometric method due to Kijowski and Tulczijev and its relation to that of the Einstein-Hilbert approach.