Published December 1978 | Version v1
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A generalisation of Cartan's theory of gravitation

Creators

  • 1. New York Univ., NY (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

A general spinor interaction with gravitation which includes both Einstein's and Cartan's theories as special cases is discussed. The coupling of torsion to matter field in the new theory has an arbitrary strength which can only be determined by experiment. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Phys., A (London). Gen. Phys.
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
12
Series
J. Phys., A (London). Gen. Phys.
Journal Page Range
2385-2388
ISSN
0305-4470

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
10446373
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
FIELD THEORIES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; J-J COUPLING; SPINOR FIELDS; TORSION
Descriptors DEC
COUPLING; INTERMEDIATE COUPLING