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We construct gravitational dynamics for Finsler spacetimes in terms of an action integral on the unit tangent bundle. These spacetimes are generalizations of Lorentzian metric manifolds which satisfy necessary causality properties. A…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-12 Christian Pfeifer , Mattias N. R. Wohlfarth

I argue that a criterion of theoretical equivalence due to Clark Glymour [Nous 11(3), 227-251 (1977)] does not capture an important sense in which two theories may be equivalent. I then motivate and state an alternative criterion that does…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2015-10-22 James Owen Weatherall

In two-dimensional space-time, point particles can experience a geometric, dimension-specific gravity force, which modifies the usual geodesic equation of motion and provides a link between the cosmological constant and the vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Daniel Cangemi , Roman Jackiw

Current generalizations of the classical Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian formulation of General Relativity are reviewed. Some alternative variational principles are known to reproduce Einstein's gravitational equations, and should therefore be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-03 Guido Magnano

The main results on the theory of conformal and almost Grassmann structures are presented. The common properties of these structures and also the differences between them are outlined. In particular, the structure groups of these structures…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Maks A. Akivis , Vladislav V. Goldberg

Geometric interactions in a new relativistic geometric unified theory include interactions other than gravitation and electromagnetism. In a low energy limit one of these interactions leads essentially to a Fermi type theory of weak…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gustavo R. Gonzalez-Martin

We survey the close relationship between sound and light rays and geometry. In the case where the medium is at rest, the geometry is the classical geometry of Riemann. In the case where the medium is moving, the more general geometry known…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-09 G. W. Gibbons , C. M. Warnick

The algebras for all possible Lorentzian and Euclidean kinematics with $\frak{so}(3)$ isotropy except static ones are re-classified. The geometries for algebras are presented by contraction approach. The relations among the geometries are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-25 Chao-Guang Huang , Yu Tian , Xiao-Ning Wu , Zhan Xu , Bin Zhou

The similarity between Finsler and Riemann geometry is an intriguing starting point to extend general relativity. The lack of quadratic restriction over the line element (color) naturally generalize the Riemannian case and breaks the local…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 A. P. Kouretsis , M. Stathakopoulos , P. C. Stavrinos

In this note we introduce a natural Finsler structure on convex surfaces, referred to as the projective Finsler structure, which is dual in a sense to the obvious inclusion of a convex surface in a normed space. It has an associated…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-02 Dmitry Faifman

The place and physical significance of gauge gravitation theory in the Riemann-Cartan space-time (GTRC) in the framework of gauge approach to gravitation is discussed. Isotropic cosmology built on the base of GTRC with general expression of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-08 A. V. Minkevich

We present a scale-invariant theory, conformal gravity, which closely resembles the geometrodynamical formulation of general relativity (GR). While previous attempts to create scale-invariant theories of gravity have been based on Weyl's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Edward Anderson , Julian Barbour , Brendan Foster , Niall O'Murchadha

The simplest variant of gauge gravitation theory in Riemann-Cartan spacetime leading to the solution of the problem of cosmological singularity and dark energy problem is investigated. It is shown that this theory by certain restrictions on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-06 A. V. Minkevich

In a previous study we investigated the spherically symmetric Schwarzschild and Schwarzschild-de Sitter solutions within a Finsler-Randers-type geometry. In this work we extend our analysis to charged and rotating solutions, focusing on the…

A pedagogical description of a simple ungeometrical approach to General Relativity is given, which follows the pattern of well understood field theories, such as electrodynamics. This leads quickly to most of the important weak field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Norbert Straumann

In this paper we show how a gravitational field generated by a given energy-momentum distribution (for all realistic cases) can be represented by distinct geometrical structures (Lorentzian, teleparallel and non null nonmetricity…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 E. A. Notte-Cuello , R. da Rocha , W. A. Rodrigues

Gravity theories that can be viewed as dynamics for area metric manifolds, for which Brans-Dicke theory presents a recently studied example, require for their physical interpretation the identification of the distinguished curves that serve…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 Raffaele Punzi , Frederic P. Schuller , Mattias N. R. Wohlfarth

Recently a class of alternative theories of gravity which goes under the name f(R) gravity, has received considerable attention, mainly due to its interesting applications in cosmology. However, the phenomenology of such theories is not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas P. Sotiriou , Stefano Liberati

Einstein's General Relativity (GR) is a dynamical theory of the spacetime metric. We describe an approach in which GR becomes an SU(2) gauge theory. We start at the linearised level and show how a gauge theoretic Lagrangian for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Kirill Krasnov

This paper explores the generalized projective Riemann curvature in Finsler geometry, focusing on the properties of projectively equivalent Finsler metrics and the invariance of their curvature structures under projective transformations.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Nasrin Sadeghzadeh , Masoumeh Yaghoubi