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A pure spin-connection formulation of gravity
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A new action principle, in which the only gravitational variables are an SL(2,C) connection and a scalar density, is derived for general relativity (GR) coupled to matter and for supergravity. In this form, GR appears as a non-metric, generally covariant gauge theory, the metric being reconstructed from the other fields in a solution. A similar non-metric action with a real SO(3,1) connection is also derived, however it involves an independent fourth rank tensor field representing the curvature.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Capovilla, R., Dell, J., & Jacobson, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- ORCID
- Capovilla, R
- Venue
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 1991-01-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59-73
- ISSN
- 0264-9381 (ISSN-L)
- 1361-6382
- OpenAlex
- W1972877551
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 21.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Classical and Quantum Gravity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Geometry and Topology › Advanced Differential Geometry Research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Keywords
- general relativity, supergravity, Hamilton's principle, scalar density, metric reconstruction, matter coupling
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