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Comments on the Tetrad (Vielbeins)

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-02-02 v1

Abstract

We want to correct the misunderstandings on the tetrad (or veilbeins in general) appeared in many text books or review articles. The tetrad should be defined without any condition. eμa=μXae_{\mu a}=\partial_\mu X_a with local Lorentz coordinates XaX_a ia wrong in many sences: it gives the condition μeνa=νeμa\partial_\mu e_{\nu a}=\partial_\nu e_{\mu a}, which leads us to the trivial result that the cyclic coefficients vanish identically and to the null Riemannian tensor. Also eμaeνa=gμνe_{\mu a}e_\nu^a=g_{\mu\nu} is not scalar under the local Lorentz transformation etc. We show how these deficits are remedied by the correct definition, eμa=DμZae_{\mu a}=D_\mu Z_a with local (Anti) de Sitter coordinates ZAZ_A.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0905.4792,
  title  = {Comments on the Tetrad (Vielbeins)},
  author = {Takeshi Fukuyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.4792},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

8 pages, no Figure

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