Riemannian and teleparallel descriptions of the scalar field gravitational interaction
Contribuinte(s) |
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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Data(s) |
27/05/2014
27/05/2014
01/02/1998
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Resumo |
A comparative study between the metric and the teleparallel descriptions of gravitation is made for the case of a scalar field. In contrast to the current belief that only spin matter could detect the teleparallel geometry, scalar matter being able to feel the metric geometry only, we show that a scalar field is able not only to feel anyone of these geometries, but also to produce torsion. Furthermore, both descriptions are found to be completely equivalent, which means that in fact, besides coupling to curvature, a scalar field couples also to torsion. |
Formato |
263-273 |
Identificador |
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9706070 General Relativity and Gravitation, v. 30, n. 2, p. 263-273, 1998. 0001-7701 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/65390 WOS:000071847000006 2-s2.0-0032219270 2-s2.0-0032219270.pdf |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Relação |
General Relativity and Gravitation |
Direitos |
openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #General relativity #Minimal coupling #Scalar field #Teleparallelism |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |