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Strings in gravity with torsion

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

A theory of gravitation in 4D is presented with strings used in the material action in U4U_4 spacetime. It is shown that the string naturally gives rise to torsion. It is also shown that the equation of motion a string follows from the Bianchi identity, gives the identical result as the Noether conservation laws, and follows a geodesic only in the lowest order approximation. In addition, the conservation laws show that strings naturally have spin, which arises not from their motion but from their one dimensional structure.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9904033,
  title  = {Strings in gravity with torsion},
  author = {Richard T. Hammond},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9904033},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages