Published March 1, 1986
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Journal article
A quadratic Lagrangian for the Poincare gauge field theory of gravity
Description
The paper leads to a gauge field Lagrangian for the Poincare gauge field theory of gravity by exploiting a certain analogy to electrodynamics. The resulting Lagrangian is quadratic in torsion and curvature and includes a cosmological term. Moreover, the Lagrangian is found leading to the Klein-Gordon equation for a Dirac field in a Riemann-Cartan spacetime. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Class. Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Class. Quantum Gravity.
- Journal Page Range
- 175-182
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 17045635
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; DIRAC EQUATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD EQUATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; POINCARE GROUPS; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPACE; SYMMETRY GROUPS; WAVE EQUATIONS