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Projective transformations in metric-affine and Weylian geometries

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-01-25 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We discuss generalizations of the notions of projective transformations acting on affine model of Riemann-Cartan and Riemann-Cartan-Weyl gravity which preserve the projective structure of the light-cones. We show how the invariance under some projective transformations can be used to recast a Riemann-Cartan-Weyl geometry either as a model in which the role of the Weyl gauge potential is played by the torsion vector, which we call torsion-gauging, or as a model with traditional Weyl (conformal) invariance.

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@article{arxiv.2208.10872,
  title  = {Projective transformations in metric-affine and Weylian geometries},
  author = {Dario Sauro and Riccardo Martini and Omar Zanusso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.10872},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages, published version