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Hamiltonian structure of Horava gravity

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PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume 84, Issue 10, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.104019

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  1. Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) [RFP20816]
  2. NSF [PHY-0903572]
  3. NSERC PGS-D
  4. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
  5. Division Of Physics [0903572] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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The Hamiltonian formulation of Horava gravity is derived. In a closed universe the Hamiltonian is a sum of generators of gauge symmetries, the foliation-preserving diffeomorphisms, and vanishes on shell. The scalar constraint is second class, except for a global, first-class part that generates time reparametrizations. A reduced phase space formulation is given in which the local part of the scalar constraint is solved formally for the lapse as a function of the 3 metric and its conjugate momentum. In the infrared limit the scalar constraint is linear in the square root of the lapse. For asymptotically flat boundary conditions the Hamiltonian is a sum of bulk constraints plus a boundary term that gives the total energy. This energy expression is identical to the one for Einstein-aether theory which, for static spherically symmetric solutions, is the usual Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy of general relativity with a rescaled Newton constant.

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