Matching tetrads in f(T) gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2021-05-05 v2
Abstract
The procedure underlying the matching of 1-form (tetrad) fields in theories possessing absolute parallelism -- f(T) gravity being within this category -- is addressed and exemplified. We show that the remnant symmetries of the intervening spaces play a central role in the process, because the knowledge of the remnant group of local Lorentz transformations enables one to perform rotations and/or boosts in order to -match the corresponding tetrads on the junction surface. This automatically ensures the continuity of the Weitzenb\"{o}ck scalar there, even though this proves to be just a necessary condition in order to obtain a global parallelization of the spacetime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2103.13903,
title = {Matching tetrads in f(T) gravity},
author = {Franco Fiorini and Martín Onetto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.13903},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
6 pages, one figure. Final version published in PRD