General relativity as a special case of Poincar\'e gauge gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2020-11-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We demonstrate that Einstein's general relativity theory arises as a special case in the framework of the Poincar\'e gauge theory of gravity under the assumption of a suitable nonminimal coupling of matter to the Riemann-Cartan geometry of spacetime.
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@article{arxiv.2007.00043,
title = {General relativity as a special case of Poincar\'e gauge gravity},
author = {Yuri N. Obukhov and Friedrich W. Hehl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.00043},
year = {2020}
}
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21 pages, Revtex style, minor corrections, references added