The indecomposable representation of SO0(2, 2) on the one-particle space of the massless field in 1 + 1 dimension

In the continuum O(3) sigma model in two spatial dimensions, there are topological solitons whose size can be stabilized by adding Skyrme and potential terms. This Letter describes a lattice version, namely a natural way of modifying the 2D Heisenberg model to achieve topological stability on the lattice.     

On the constraint algebra of quantum gravity in the loop representation

Although an important issue in canonical quantization, the problem of representing the constraint algebra in the loop representation of quantum gravity has received little attention. The only explicit computation was performed by Gambini, Garat, and Pullin for a formal point-splitting regularization of the diffeomorphism and Hamiltonian constraints. It is shown that the calculation of the algebra simplifies considerably when the constraints are expressed not in terms of generic area derivatives but rather as the specific shift operators that reflect the geometric meaning of the constraints.     

事件空间中力学系统的微分变分原理

研究事件空间中力学系统的微分变分原理.基于D'Alembert原理，建立了事件空间中力学系统的D'Alembert-Lagrange原理、Jourdain原理、Gauss原理和万有D'Alembert原理，给出了这些原理的Euler-Lagrange参数形式、Nielsen参数形式和Appell参数形式，并导出了万有D'Alembert原理的Mangeron-Deleanu参数形式. 关键词： 分析力学 事件空间 微分变分原理     

Invariants of 2+1 gravity

In [1, 2] we established and dicussed the algebra of observables for 2+1 gravity at both the classical and quantum level. Here our treatment broadens and extends previous results to any genusg with a systematic discussion of the centre of the algebra. The reduction of the number of independent observables to 6g-6(g>1) is treated in detail with a precise classification forg=1 andg=2.     

A connection between fermionic strings and quantum gravity states: a loop space approach

We present physical arguments-based on loop space representations for Dirac/Klein Gordon determinants—that some suitable Fermionic String Ising Models at the critical point and defined on the space-time base manifold M ì R³{M \subset R^3} are formal quantum states of the gravitational field when quantized in the Ashtekar-Sen connection canonical formalism. These results complements the author previous string-loop space studies on the subject.     

Theories of gravity in 2 + 1 dimensions

We discuss the failure of general relativity to provide a proper Newtonian limit when the spacetime dimensionality is reduced to 2+1 and try to bypass this difficulty by assuming alternative equations for the gravitational field. We investigate the properties of spacetimes generated by circularly symmetric matter distributions in two cases: weakening Einstein equations, and by considering the Brans-Dicke theory of gravity. A comparison with the corresponding Newtonian picture is made.