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The gravitational Hamiltonian in the presence of non-orthogonal boundaries

S W Hawking et al 1996 Class. Quantum Grav. 13 2735-2752   doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/13/10/012  Help

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S W Hawking and C J Hunter
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, UK

Abstract. This paper generalizes earlier work on Hamiltonian boundary terms by omitting the requirement that the spacelike hypersurfaces intersect the timelike boundary orthogonally. The expressions for the action and Hamiltonian are calculated and the required subtraction of a background contribution is discussed. The new features of a Hamiltonian formulation with non-orthogonal boundaries are then illustrated in two examples.

PACS numbers: 0420, 0420F

Print publication: Issue 10 (October 1996)
Received 10 April 1996

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