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`\dot{\nabla}'` -> `\smash{\dot{\nabla}}'`
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Goldman sympletic form vs Weil–Petersson symplectic form

I'm confused about the exact multiplicative factor that relates Goldman symplectic form on the $\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb R)$-character variety and the Weil–Petersson symplectic form on Teichmüller space.

One way to define Goldman symplectic form is the following: $$ \omega_{h} = \int_{S} \operatorname{trace} (\dot{\nabla} \wedge \smash{\dot{\nabla}}') $$ where $\dot{\nabla}$ and $\smash{\dot{\nabla}}'$ are variations of the Levi-Civita connection of the hyperbolic metric $h$. If those variations are induced by divergence-free, $h$-self-adjoint, traceless endomorphisms $\dot{J}$ and $\dot{J}'$, then it is easy to see that $$ \dot{\nabla} = -\frac{1}{2} J\nabla\dot{J} \ . $$ Now, Goldman claims that this form is $-8$ times the Weil-Petersson symplectic form, but, integrating by parts, I get instead a multiplicative factor of $+4$. What am I doing wrong?

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