TORSION AND NON-METRICITY IN SCALAR TENSOR THEORIES OF GRAVITY

Authors
BERTHIAS JP SHAHIDSALESS B
Citation
Jp. Berthias et B. Shahidsaless, TORSION AND NON-METRICITY IN SCALAR TENSOR THEORIES OF GRAVITY, Classical and quantum gravity, 10(5), 1993, pp. 1039-1044
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1039 - 1044
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1993)10:5<1039:TANIST>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We show that the gravitational field equations derived from an action composed of (i) an arbitrary function of the scalar curvature and othe r scalar fields plus (ii) connection-independent kinetic and source te rms, are identical whether one chooses non-metricity to vanish and hav e non-zero torsion or vice versa.