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In Search of the Spacetime Torsion

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Whether torsion plays or not a role in the description of the gravitational interaction is a problem that can only be solved by experiment. This is, however, a difficult task: since there are different possible interpretations for torsion, there is no a model-independent way to look for it. In these notes, two different possibilities will be reviewed, their consistency analyzed, and the corresponding experimental outputs briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0704.1141,
  title  = {In Search of the Spacetime Torsion},
  author = {J. G. Pereira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1141},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Latex, 4 pages. Talk presented at the Rencontres de Moriond on Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity, La Thuile, Italy (March 11-18, 2007)