Published 1984 | Version v1
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A gauge theoretical approach to space-time structures

Creators

  • 1. University of Goettingen (Germany, FR)

Description

We discuss a general gauge theoretical scheme leading to space-time structures. This is applied to the Poincare group, the Galilei group and its central extension as gauge groups. It is shown how theories of gravitation can be formulated as Yang-Mills type gauge theories with a Goldstone field. Dealing with the central extension of the Galilei group we obtain as a by-product a characterization of Newtonian connections in terms of a generalized torsion

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Ann. Inst. Henri Poincare, Sect. A
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
1
Series
Ann. Inst. Henri Poincare, Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
21-34
ISSN
0020-2339

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
15057133
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GALILEI TRANSFORMATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; POINCARE GROUPS; SPACE-TIME; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; SYMMETRY GROUPS