Metric-Affine Gauge Theory of Gravity: I. Fundamental Structure and Field Equations

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DOI10.1142/S0218271897000157zbMATH Open0938.83021arXivgr-qc/9702034MaRDI QIDQ4939686FDOQ4939686


Authors: F. Gronwald Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 27 February 2000

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

Abstract: We give a self-contained introduction into the metric-affine gauge theory of gravity. Starting from the equivalence of reference frames, the prototype of a gauge theory is presented and illustrated by the example of Yang-Mills theory. Along the same lines we perform a gauging of the affine group and establish the geometry of metric-affine gravity. The results are put into the dynamical framework of a classical field theory. We derive subcases of metric-affine gravity by restricting the affine group to some of its subgroups. The important subcase of general relativity as a gauge theory of translations is explained in detail.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702034




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