Teleparallel Spin Connection
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
A new expression for the spin connection of teleparallel gravity is proposed, given by minus the contorsion tensor plus a zero connection. The corresponding minimal coupling is covariant under local Lorentz transformation, and equivalent to the minimal coupling prescription of general relativity. With this coupling prescription, therefore, teleparallel gravity turns out to be fully equivalent to general relativity, even in the presence of spinor fields.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0104102,
title = {Teleparallel Spin Connection},
author = {V. C. de Andrade and L. C. T. Guillen and J. G. Pereira},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0104102},
year = {2009}
}
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2 pages, RevTeX, to appear in Phys. Rev D (Brief Report)