On the Kinematics of the Torsion of Space-time
Oct, 198437 pages
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- Found.Phys. 15 (1985) 451
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- UCLA-84-TEP-12
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On a macroscopic level we take general relativity as the appropriate theory of space-time and gravity. We will argue that, on a more microscopic level, in the Compton wavelength regime of elementary particles, there are good reasons for suspecting the presence of a torsion of space-time. A corresponding gaugetheoretical formalism related to the Poincaré group is reviewed, and the kinematical consequences of the presence of a torsion are worked out. In particular we discuss the operational meaning and the measurability of torsion. The dynamics of torsion is left for a forthcoming article.Note:
- To be publ. in Bergmann issue of Foundations of Physics
- GAUGE FIELD THEORY: POINCARE
- general relativity
- GRAVITATION: TORSION
- KINEMATICS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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