Monday, September 2, 2019

general relativity - The einbein in the action of a relativistic massive point particles



The action of a relativistic massive point particle moving in space-time is



$$S=-m\int d\tau \sqrt{g _{\nu \rho}\frac{dx^{\nu}}{d\tau}\frac{dx^{\rho}}{d\tau}}$$


[with Minkowski sign convention $(+,-,-,-)$]. Because of the the square root in the action, one introduces the einbein field $e$ and the action becomes


$$S=1/2\int d\tau(e^{-1}\dot{X}^{2}-em^{2}).$$


I understand this but I can't come up with the expression of the action with the einbein field myself.




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