Published January 24, 1977
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Journal article
Variational methods with torsion in general relativity
Creators
- 1. Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology, London (UK)
- 2. South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Description
It is shown that recently published field equations for the Einstein-Carton theory are basically derived from a Palatini variational approach. It is then shown that a Hilbert variational approach will, in general, give a different set of field equations. (Auth.)
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters A
- Journal Volume
- 60
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Phys. Lett., A.
- Journal Page Range
- 1-2
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 8316287
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; POINCARE GROUPS; SCALARS; SPIN; TORSION; VARIATIONAL METHODS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY GROUPS
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