A comment on the geometry of some scalar-tensor theories (Q1073367)
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A comment on the geometry of some scalar-tensor theories (English)
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1986
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We show that the scalar field in scalar-tensor theories such as the Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory has an interpretation as a potential for the torsion in a Riemannian manifold. The relation is similar to that of the metric to the connection.
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scalar-tensor theories
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Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory
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potential for the torsion
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