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Gauging gravity with SO(1,3) for spin-1/2 particles

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-01-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We demonstrate, by analogy with electromagnetism, that the geometric content in the theory of gravity is an indirect consequence of the fact that the gauge group in question is the Lorentz group SO(1,3). We hence construct field equations for gravity and a spin-1/2 particle in a gravitational field based on gauge considerations. Furthermore, we derive the weak field and Schroedinger limits of the Dirac equation of the particle in the gravitational field, especially in Fermi normal coordinates and on the equatorial plane of the Kerr geometry, following which we identify the terms to which the electromagnetic potentials A and Phi are analogous.

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@article{arxiv.1201.4649,
  title  = {Gauging gravity with SO(1,3) for spin-1/2 particles},
  author = {Arpan Saha and Banibrata Mukhopadhyay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.4649},
  year   = {2012}
}

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