CREMASCHINI, Claudio and Massimo TESSAROTTO. Synchronous Lagrangian variational principles in General Relativity. The European Physical Journal Plus. DE - Spolková republika Německo, 2015, vol. 130, No 6, p. "123-1"-"123-21", 21 pp. ISSN 2190-5444. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2015-15123-4.
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Original name Synchronous Lagrangian variational principles in General Relativity
Authors CREMASCHINI, Claudio and Massimo TESSAROTTO.
Edition The European Physical Journal Plus, DE - Spolková republika Německo, 2015, 2190-5444.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10300 1.3 Physical sciences
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization unit Institute of physics in Opava
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2015-15123-4
UT WoS 000365730900001
Keywords in English synchronous variational principle; classical field theory; general relativity
Tags , GB14-37086G, GP14-07753P
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Links GB14-37086G, research and development project. GP14-07753P, research and development project.
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Abstract
The problem of formulating synchronous variational principles in the context of General Relativity is discussed. Based on the analogy with classical relativistic particle dynamics, the existence of variational principles is pointed out in relativistic classical field theory which are either asynchronous or synchronous. The historical Einstein-Hilbert and Palatini variational formulations are found to belong to the first category. Nevertheless, it is shown that an alternative route exists which permits one to cast these principles in terms of equivalent synchronous Lagrangian variational formulations. The advantage is twofold. First, synchronous approaches allow one to overcome the lack of gauge symmetry of the asynchronous principles. Second, the property of manifest covariance of the theory is also restored at all levels, including the symbolic Euler-Lagrange equations, with the variational Lagrangian density being now identified with a 4-scalar. As an application, a joint synchronous
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