A conformally invariant theory of gravitation in metric measure space

DOI10.1007/S10714-015-1962-9zbMATH Open1327.83233arXiv1411.4997OpenAlexW2147032906MaRDI QIDQ895671FDOQ895671

Authors: Nafiseh Rahmanpour, Hossein Shojaie 

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this manuscript, a conformally invariant theory of gravitation in the context of metric measure space is studied. The proposed action is invariant under both diffeomorphism and conformal transformations. Using the variational method, a generalization of the Einstein equation is obtained, wherein the conventional tensors are replaced by their conformally invariant counterparts, living in metric measure space. The invariance of the geometrical part of the action under a diffeomorphism leads to a generalized contracted second Bianchi identity. In metric measure space, the covariant derivative is the same as it is in the Riemannian space. Hence, in contrast to the Weyl space, the metricity and integrability are maintained. However, it is worth noting that in metric measure space the divergence of a tensor is not simply the contraction of the covariant derivative operator with the tensor that it acts on. Despite the fact that metric measure space and integrable Weyl space, are constructed based on different assumptions, it is shown that some relations in these spaces, such as the contracted second Bianchi identity, are completely similar.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.4997

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zbMATH Keywords

metric measure spaceWeyl geometryRiemannian spaceconformal transformationsBianchi identityconformally invariant theory of gravitation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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