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Lorentz-covariant Hamiltonian analysis of BF gravity with the Immirzi parameter
We perform the Lorentz-covariant Hamiltonian analysis of two Lagrangian
action principles that describe general relativity as a constrained BF theory
and that include the Immirzi parameter. The relation between these two
Lagrangian actions has been already studied through a map among the fields
involved. The main difference between these is the way the Immirzi parameter is
included, since in one of them the Immirzi parameter is included explicitly in
the BF terms, whereas in the other (the CMPR action) it is in the constraint on
the B fields. In this work we continue the analysis of their relationship but
at the Hamiltonian level. Particularly, we are interested in seeing how the
above difference appears in the constraint structure of both action principles.
We find that they both possess the same number of first-class and second-class
constraints and satisfy a very similar (off-shell) Poisson-bracket algebra on
account of the type of canonical variables employed. The two algebras can be
transformed into each other by making a suitable change of variablesComment: LaTeX file, no figure