Yang-Mills gauge theory and gravitation (Q1898833)

The authors discuss relations between Yang-Mills and Einstein equations for Lorentzian 4-manifold. They show that the vacuum Einstein equations can be derived from the sourceless Yang-Mills equations for an affine connection on the principal \(P\)-bundle of affine orthonormal frames with the Poincaré group \(P\) as the structure group. Moreover, the Einstein equations with general energy-momentum tensor \(T\) can be formally derived from the Yang-Mills equations with an appropriate source in the translation sector. On the other hand, Yang-Mills equations with a source in the rotation sector of Poincaré group leads to Einstein equations with an energy-momentum tensor \(T\), which does not satisfy the conservation law \(\nabla_iT^i_j = 0\).