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An introduction to Shape Dynamics
Mathematical Physics Seminar| Speaker: | Henrique Gomes, Phys Dept, UCDavis |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Tue, Feb 21 2012, 4:10PM |
Shape Dynamics is a theory dynamically equivalent to 3+1 vacuum General Relativity in a certain restriction of phase space. However, it has a different set of symmetries. It trades refoliation invariance, present in GR, for local 3-dimensional conformal invariance. Here we will give a brief introduction to the construction of Shape Dynamics. With time we will incorporate matter and discuss uniqueness.