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Why do we live in a Riemannian space time ?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We start from the pure Einstein-Hilbert action in Metric Affine Gravity, with the orthonormal metric. We get an effective Levi-Civita Dilaton gravity theory in which the Dilaton field is related to the scaling of the gravitational coupling. When the Weyl symmetry is broken the resulting Einstein-Hilbert term is equivalent to the Levi-Civita one, using the projective invariance of the model, the non-metricity and torsion may be removed, so that we get a theory perfectly equivalent to general relativity. This may explain why low energy gravity is described by a Riemannian connection.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9910110,
  title  = {Why do we live in a Riemannian space time ?},
  author = {Roberto Scipioni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9910110},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, Latex

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