English
Related papers

Related papers: Primary constraints in general teleparallel quadra…

200 papers

The basics of teleparallel gravity and its extensions are reviewed with particular emphasis on the problem of Lorentz-breaking choice of connection in pure-tetrad versions of the theories. Various possible ways to covariantise such models…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-30 Alexey Golovnev , Tomi Koivisto , Marit Sandstad

Teleparallel geometry offers a platform on which to build up theories of gravity where torsion rather than curvature mediates gravitational interaction. The teleparallel analogue of Horndeski gravity is an approach to teleparallel geometry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-03 Salvatore Capozziello , Maria Caruana , Jackson Levi Said , Joseph Sultana

By generalizing the Hodge dual operator to the case of soldered bundles, and working in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, an analysis of the duality symmetry in gravitation is performed. Although the basic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 V. C. de Andrade , A. L. Barbosa , J. G. Pereira

Born-Infeld deformation strategy to smooth theories having divergent solutions is applied to the teleparallel equivalent of General Relativity. The equivalence between teleparallelism and General Relativity is exploited to obtain a deformed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-05-20 Franco Fiorini , Rafael Ferraro

General Relativity (GR) is not the only way gravity can be geometrised. Instead of curvature, the Teleparallel Theory attributes gravity to torsion $T$, which is related to the antysimmetric part of connection, and the Symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 J. C. N de Araujo , H. G. M. Fortes

We consider a general scalar-tensor theory of gravity and review briefly different forms it can be presented (different conformal frames and scalar field parametrizations). We investigate the conditions under which its field equations and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-02 Laur Jarv , Piret Kuusk , Margus Saal , Ott Vilson

According to the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, curvature and torsion are two equivalent ways of describing the same gravitational field. Despite equivalent, however, they act differently: whereas curvature yields a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 H. I. Arcos , V. C. de Andrade , J. G. Pereira

Starting from a Lagrangian we perform the full constraint analysis of the Hamiltonian for General relativity in the tetrad-connection formulation for an arbitrary value of the Immirzi parameter and solve the second class constraints,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Nuno Barros e Sa

In this paper we elaborate on the symmetric teleparallel gravity (STPG) written in a non-Riemannian spacetime with nonzero nonmetricity, but zero torsion and zero curvature. Firstly we give a prescription for obtaining the nonmetricity from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-14 Muzaffer Adak , Özcan Sert , Mestan Kalay , Murat Sarı

Generalised Teleparallel gravity, also referred to as f(T) gravity, has been recently proposed as an extended theory of gravitation able to give rise to an accelerated expansion in a matter only universe. The cosmic speed up is driven by an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Vincenzo F. Cardone , Ninfa Radicella , Stefano Camera

We experience some challenges in general gravitational theory owing to Einstein to explain late time acceleration of universe. To address this issue, geometric components of gravity have been modified in quite a few occasions to have a more…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-04 Santanu Das , Nilanjana Mahata , Priyanka Ray

Motivated by the apparent dependence of string $\sigma$--models on the sum of spacetime metric and antisymmetric tensor fields, we reconsider gravity theories constructed from a nonsymmetric metric. We first show that all such "geometrical"…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Damour , S. Deser , J. McCarthy

Spacetime geometry is described by two -- {\em a priori} independent -- geometric structures: the symmetric connection $\Gamma$ and the metric tensor $g$. Metricity condition of $\Gamma$ (i.e. $\nabla g = 0$) is implied by the Palatini…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-15 B. Bąk , J. Kijowski

We discuss the most general class of teleparallel scalar-torsion theories of gravity in their covariant formulation. The only restrictions we impose are the invariance of the action under diffeomorphisms and local Lorentz transformations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-12 Manuel Hohmann

The Teleparallel Theory is equivalent to General Relativity, but whereas in the latter gravity has to do with curvature, in the former gravity is described by torsion. As is well known, there is in the literature a host of alternative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-05 José C. N. de Araujo , Hemily G. M. Fortes

The introduction of General Relativity (GR) in 1915 revolutionized our understanding of gravity, but over time, its limitations in explaining phenomena like dark energy, dark matter, and quantum gravity have motivated alternative theories.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 N. S. Kavya

We consider the notion of cosmological symmetry, i.e., spatial homogeneity and isotropy, in the field of teleparallel gravity and geometry, and provide a complete classification of all homogeneous and isotropic teleparallel geometries. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-07 Manuel Hohmann

There are at least two ways to encode gravity into geometry: Einstein's general theory of relativity (GR) for the metric tensor, and teleparallel gravity, where torsion as opposed to curvature encodes the dynamics of the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-01 Maïté Dupuis , Florian Girelli , Abdulmajid Osumanu , Wolfgang Wieland

The covariant formulation of teleparallel gravity theories must include the spin connection, which has 6 degrees of freedom. One can, however, always choose a gauge such that the spin connection is put to zero. In principle this gauge may…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-02 Daniel Blixt , Manuel Hohmann , Christian Pfeifer

We investigate static, spherically symmetric (SS) spacetimes in covariant teleparallel \(F(T)\) gravity in the presence of electromagnetic sources. Starting from the coframe/spin-connection (CSC) pair formalism, we derive the field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Alexandre Landry