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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