Comments on MacDowell-Mansouri gravity and torsion

DOI10.1142/S0218271818500189zbMATH Open1430.83075arXiv1401.1838MaRDI QIDQ5216038FDOQ5216038

Authors: J. C. López-Domínguez, J. E. Rosales-Quintero, Miguel Sabido 

Publication date: 14 February 2020

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

Abstract: Starting with the MacDowell-Mansouri formulation of gravity with a $SO(4,1)$ gauge group, we introduce new parameters into the action to include the non-dynamical Holst term, and the topological Nieh-Yan and Pontryagin classes. Then, we consider the new parameters as fields and analyze the solutions coming from their equations of motion. The new fields introduce torsional contributions to the theory that modify Einstein's equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1838

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zbMATH Keywords

torsiongauge theories of gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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