Classical Dynamics of Point Particles in 2+1 Gravity
arXiv:hep-th/9110019 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(05)80007-6
Abstract
The relation between Einstein gravity and the Chern-Simons gauge theory of the Poincare' group is discussed at the classical level.
arXiv comment16 pages, 4 figures not included, (replaced version with correct macros) Talk presented at the Workshop on Random Surfaces and 2-D Quantum Gravity, June 1991, Barcelona, to appear in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.), J.Ambjorn et al. eds