Published August 3, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-trivial frames for f(T) theories of gravity and beyond

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon I, 1428 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • 2. Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio, Casilla de Correo 67, Sucursal 28, 1428 Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Description

Some conceptual issues concerning f(T) theories - a family of modified gravity theories based on absolute parallelism - are analyzed. Due to the lack of local Lorentz invariance, the autoparallel frames satisfying the field equations are evasive to an a priori physical understanding. We exemplify this point by working out the vierbein (tetrad) fields for closed and open Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmologies.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.06.049

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.06.049;
arXiv
arXiv:1103.0824v3;
PII
S0370-2693(11)00704-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
702
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 75-80
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43057373
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; FIELD EQUATIONS; GRAVITATION; LORENTZ INVARIANCE
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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