New Gauge Symmetry in Gravity and the Evanescent Role of Torsion

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2010-05-10

arxiv.org/abs/1005.1460v2

Electron.J.Theor.Phys.24:287,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Improved version, 5 pages and 5 figures

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If the Einstein-Hilbert action ${\cal L}_{\rm EH}\propto R$ is re-expressed in Riemann-Cartan spacetime using the gauge fields of translations, the vierbein field $h^\alpha{}_\mu$, and the gauge field of local Lorentz transformations, the spin connection $A_{\mu \alpha}{}^ \beta $, there exists a new gauge symmetry which permits reshuffling the torsion, partially or totally, into the Cartan curvature term of the Einstein tensor, and back, via a {\em new multivalued gauge transformation\/}. Torsion can be chosen at will by an arbitrary gauge fixing functional. There exist many equivalent ways of specifing the theory, for instance Einstein's traditional way where ${\cal L}_{\rm EH}$ is expressed completely in terms of the metric $g_{\mu \nu}=h^ \alpha {}_\mu h_ \alpha {}_ \nu $, and the torsion is zero, or Einstein's teleparallel formulation, where ${\cal L}_{\rm EH}$ is expressed in terms of the torsion tensor, or an infinity of intermediate ways. As far as the gravitational field in the far-zone of a celestial object is concerned, matter composed of spinning particles can be replaced by matter with only orbital angular momentum, without changing the long-distance forces, no matter which of the various new gauge representations is used.

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