Gravitation and electromagnetism as geometrical objects of a Riemann-Cartan spacetime structure

DOI10.1007/S00006-012-0353-5zbMATH Open1260.83028arXiv1109.5271OpenAlexW2044110094MaRDI QIDQ1929933FDOQ1929933

Authors: J. Fernando T. Giglio, Waldyr A. jun. Rodrigues 

Publication date: 10 January 2013

Published in: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we first show that any coupled system consisting of a gravitational plus a free electromagnetic field can be described geometrically in the sense that both Maxwell equations and Einstein equation having as source term the energy-momentum of the electromagnetic field can be derived from a geometrical Lagrangian proportional to the scalar curvature R of a particular kind of Riemann-Cartan spacetime structure, where those fields are identified as geometrical objects of the structure. We show moreover that the contorsion tensor of the particular Riemann-Cartan spacetime structure of our theory encodes the same information as the one contained in Chern-Simons term that is proportional to the spin density of the electromagnetic field. Next we show that by adding to the geometrical Lagrangian a term describing the interaction of a electromagnetic current with a general electromagnetic plus the gravitational field and a term describing the matter carrier of the current we get Maxwell equations with source term and Einstein equation having as source term the sum of the energy-momentum tensors of the electromagnetic and matter terms. Finally modeling by dust charged matter the carrier of the electromagnetic current we get the Lorentz force equation. Moreover, we prove that our theory is gauge invariant. We also briefly discuss our reasons for the present enterprise.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.5271

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetismMaxwell equationsgravitationLorentz forceChern-Simons termspin densityRiemann-Cartan connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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