Weyl geometry and gauge-invariant gravitation

DOI10.1142/S0218271814500916zbMATH Open1303.83039arXiv1305.6830OpenAlexW3098437612WikidataQ125883871 ScholiaQ125883871MaRDI QIDQ2940696FDOQ2940696

Authors: F. P. Poulis, J. M. Salim 

Publication date: 20 January 2015

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide a gauge-invariant theory of gravitation in the context of Weyl Integrable Space-Times. After making a brief review of the theory's postulates, we carefully define the observers' proper-time and point out its relation with space-time description. As a consequence of this relation and the theory's gauge symmetry we recover all predictions of General Relativity. This feature is made even clearer by a new exact solution we provide which reveals the importance of a well defined proper-time. The thermodynamical description of the source fields is given and we observe that each of the geometric fields have a certain physical significance, despite the gauge-invariance. This is shown by two examples, where one of them consists of a new cosmological constant solution. Our conclusions highlight the intimate relation among test particles trajectories, proper-time and space-time description which can also be applied in any other situation, whether or not it recovers General Relativity results and also in the absence of a gauge symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6830

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge invariancethermodynamicsWeyl geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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