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In the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, we show that the energy-momentum density for the gravitational field can be described by a true spacetime tensor. It is also invariant under local (gauge) translations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. C. de Andrade , L. C. T. Guillen , J. G. Pereira

The Hamiltonian formulation of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity without gauge fixing has recently been established in terms of the Hamiltonian constraint and a set of six primary constraints. Altogether, they constitute a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Maluf , J. F. da Rocha-Neto , T. M. Toribio , K. H. Castello-Branco

We apply the energy-momentum tensor to calculate energy, momentum and angular-momentum of two different tetrad fields. This tensor is coordinate independent of the gravitational field established in the Hamiltonian structure of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Gamal Gergess Lamee Nashed

We carry out the Hamiltonian formulation of the three- dimensional gravitational teleparallelism without imposing the time gauge condition, by rigorously performing the Legendre transform. Definition of the gravitational angular momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. A. Sousa , R. B. Pereira , J. F. da Rocha-Neto

The conserved quantities, that are, gravitational energy-momentum and its relevant quantities are investigated for cylindrical and spherical gravitational waves in the framework of teleparallel equivalent of General Relativity using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-04 M. Sharif , Sumaira Taj

The Hamiltonian formulation of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity is considered. Definitions of energy, momentum and angular momentum of the gravitational field arise from the integral form of the constraint equations of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 J. W. Maluf , J. F. da Rocha-Neto , T. M. L. Toribio , K. H. Castello-Branco

We investigate the conservation law of energy-momentum in teleparallel gravity by using general Noether theorem. The energy-momentum current has also superpotential and is therefore identically conserved. The total energy-momentum, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-08-27 Yu-Xiao Liu , Zhen-Hua Zhao , Jie Yang , Yi-Shi Duan

In the general relativistic description of gravitation, geometry replaces the concept of force. This is possible because of the universal character of free fall, and would break down in its absence. On the other hand, the teleparallel…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Aldrovandi , J. G. Pereira , K. H. Vu

The energy-momentum distribution of spatially homogeneous rotating spacetimes in the context of teleparallel theory of gravity is investigated. For this purpose, we use the teleparallel version of Moller prescription. It is found that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Sharif , M. Jamil Amir

Using the fact that teleparallel gravity allows a separation between gravitation and inertia, explicit expressions for the gravitational and the inertial energy-momentum densities are obtained. It is shown that, like all other fields of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-08-14 R. Aldrovandi , Tiago Gribl Lucas , J. G. Pereira

Teleparallel gravity, an empirically equivalent counterpart to General Relativity, represents the influence of gravity using torsional forces. It raises questions about theory interpretation and underdetermination. To better understand the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-11-20 Helen Meskhidze , James Owen Weatherall

A quantum cosmology in teleparallel gravity is presented in this article. Teleparallel gravity is used to perform such an analysis once in General Relativity (GR) the concept of gravitational energy is misleading preventing the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-23 A. S. Fernandes , S. C. Ulhoa , R. G. G. Amorim

This paper is devoted to discuss the energy-momentum for static axially symmetric spacetimes in the framework of teleparallel theory of gravity. For this purpose, we use the teleparallel versions of Einstein, Landau-Lifshitz, Bergmann and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-10 M. Sharif , M. Jamil Amir

In this work a tetrad theory of gravity, invariant under conformal transformations, is investigated. The action of the theory is similar to the action of Maxwell's electromagnetism. The role of the electromagnetic gauge potential is played…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-06-28 J. W. Maluf , F. F. Faria

The teleparallel formulation of gravity theories reveals close structural analogies to electrodynamics, which are more hidden in their usual formulation in terms of the curvature of spacetime. We show how every locally Lorentz invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-05 Manuel Hohmann , Laur Järv , Martin Krššák , Christian Pfeifer

We consider the most general class of teleparallel theories of gravity quadratic in the torsion tensor, and carry out a detailed investigation of its Hamiltonian formulation in the time gauge. Such general class is given by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Maluf , A. A. Sousa

Even though it is not possible to differentiate General Relativity from Teleparallel Gravity using classical experiments, it could be possible to discriminate between them by quantum gravitational effects. These effects have motivated the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-17 Sebastian Bahamonde , Salvatore Capozziello , Mir Faizal , Rafael C. Nunes

Teleparallel gravity has significantly increased in popularity in recent decades, bringing attention to Einstein's other theory of gravity. In this Review, we relate this form of geometry to the broader metric-affine approach to forming…

We review the concept and definitions of the energy-momentum and angular momentum of the gravitational field in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR). The importance of these definitions is justified by three major…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-22 J. W. Maluf , F. L. Carneiro , S. C. Ulhoa , J. F. da Rocha-Neto

We investigate modified theories of gravity in the context of teleparallel geometries with possible Gauss-Bonnet contributions. The possible coupling of gravity with the trace of the energy-momentum tensor is also taken into account. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-25 Sebastian Bahamonde , Christian G. Boehmer