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Physical consequences of intrinsic dilation currents
Author(s) -
Soleng H. H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113110409
Subject(s) - torsion (gastropod) , physics , gravitation , dilation (metric space) , einstein , theoretical physics , classical mechanics , unified field theory , mathematical physics , mathematics , geometry , medicine , surgery
In the Einstein‐Carten theory only the traceless part of the torsion field can be related spin. Here we generalize the Einstein‐Cartan theory by allowing iutrinsic dilation currents, which couple algebraically to the torsion trace. This implies implies a variable gravitational coupling, G .