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20242026
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8 papers

gr-qc2026

From Holst to Carroll Gravity, a Hamiltonian point of view

J. Fernando Barbero G, Juan Margalef-Bentabol, Valle Varo +1

The Carrollian regime of gravity provides a useful ultrarelativistic framework for studying asymptotically flat spacetimes, horizon dynamics, and condensed matter systems. In this…

gr-qc2026

Husain-Kuchař model as the Carrollian limit of the Holst term

J. Fernando Barbero G., Juan Margalef-Bentabol, Aitor Vicente-Cano +1

We show how the Husain-Kuchař model can be understood as a Carrollian limit of the Holst term in the context of background-independent field theories described in terms of coframe…

math-ph2026

xCPS: an xAct package for covariant phase space, Noether charges, and entropy

Juan Margalef-Bentabol

xCPS is an xAct tensor algebra package for symbolic computations within the covariant phase space formalism of field theories. From a generic Lagrangian, xCPS automates the derivat…

gr-qc2025

Hidden diffeos in the Hamiltonian formulation of a background independent field theory

J. Fernando Barbero G., Bogar Díaz, Juan Margalef-Bentabol +1

We analyze from a geometric perspective the Hamiltonian formulation of a recent modification of the Husain-Kuchař model where, while preserving the connection as a dynamical varia…

gr-qc2024

Dynamical time and Ashtekar variables for the Husain-Kuchař model

J. Fernando Barbero G., Juan Margalef-Bentabol, Aitor Vicente-Cano +1

The relation between the Husain-Kuchař model and some extensions thereof that incorporate a dynamical time variable is explored. To this end, we rely on the geometric approach to…

gr-qc2024

The Penrose inequality in spherical symmetry with charge and in Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Hari K. Kunduri, Juan Margalef-Bentabol, Sarah Muth

We establish the spacetime Penrose inequality in spherical symmetry in spacetime dimensions with charge and cosmological constant from the initial data perspective. We a…