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Mielke-Baekler gravity consists in the usual Einstein-Hilbert action with a cosmological term and rotational and translational Chern-Simons terms with arbitrary couplings. For a particular choice of these couplings, we can obtain Einstein-Hilbert action, its teleparallel equivalent, and the exotic Witten's gravity. In this work, we use the Chern-Simons formalism to generalize the three dimensional Mielke-Baekler gravity theory in order to introduce spin-3 fields. We study its asymptotic symmetries, black hole solution, and also analyse its canonical structure at its singular point., Comment: v.2: 12 pages, references added v.3: 15 pages, references added, new subsection 3.2

In this work, we build the most general boundary conditions for $\mathcal N=\left(1,1\right)$ and $\mathcal N=\left(2,2\right)$ extended supergravity. We show that for the loosest set of boundary conditions, their asymptotic symmetry algebras are two copies of the $\mathfrak{osp}\left(1\mid 2\right)_k$ and $\mathfrak{osp}\left(2\mid 2\right)_k$ algebra, respectively. Then, we restrict the gauge fields on the boundary conditions in order to obtain supersymmetric extensions of the Brown-Henneaux and Troessaert boundary conditions. Furthermore, for $\mathcal N=1$ and $\mathcal N=2$ (extended) supergravity we show the supersymmetric extensions of Avery-Poojary-Suryanarayana boundary conditions., Comment: Added references, corrected typos

We develop the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism for Podolsky's electromagnetic theory on the null-plane. The main goal is to build the complete set of Hamiltonian generators of the system, as well as to study the canonical and gauge transformations of the theory., Comment: Submitted to Journal of Mathematical Physics

In this work we perform the Hamilton-Jacobi constraint analysis of the four dimensional Background Field (BF) model with cosmological term. We obtain the complete set of involutive Hamiltonians that guarantee the integrability of the system and identify the reduced phase space. From the fundamental differential we recover the equations of motion and obtain the generators of the gauge and shift transformations., Comment: 12 pages

Quadratic gravity in two dimensions can be formulated as a Background Field (BF) theory plus an interaction term which is polynomial in both, the gauge and Background fields. This formulation is similar to the one given by Freidel and Starodubtsev to obtain MacDowell-Mansouri gravity in four dimensions. In this article we use the Dirac's Hamiltonian formalism to analyze the constraint structure of the two-dimensional Polynomial BF action. After we obtain the constraints of the theory, we proceed with the Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky procedure to obtain the transition amplitude. We also compare our results with the ones obtained from generalized dilaton gravity., Comment: [v2].- Some references were added, we also corrected some typos and included equations (6), (30) and (31). We would like to thank the referee for constructive comments which helped to improve this article

We analyse the constraint structure of the Background Field model for three dimensional gravity including a cosmological term via the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We find the complete set of involutive Hamiltonians that assures the integrability of the system and calculate the characteristic equations of the system. We established the equivalence between these equations and the field equations and also obtain the generators of canonical and gauge transformations.

In this paper, we study singular systems with complete sets of involutive constraints. The aim is to establish, within the Hamilton-Jacobi theory, the relationship between the Frobenius' theorem, the infinitesimal canonical transformations generated by constraints in involution with the Poisson brackets, and the lagrangian point (gauge) transformations of physical systems.

In this work we study the theory of linearized gravity via the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We make a brief review of this theory and its Lagrangian description, as well as a review of the Hamilton-Jacobi approach for singular systems. Then we apply this formalism to analyze the constraint structure of the linearized gravity in instant and front-form dynamics., Comment: To be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity

In this work we discuss the natural appearance of the Generalized Brackets in systems with non-involutive (equivalent to second class) constraints in the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We show how a consistent geometric interpretation of the integrability conditions leads to the reduction of degrees of freedom of these systems and, as consequence, naturally defines a dynamics in a reduced phase space., Comment: 12 pages