Static Spherical Charged Dust Electromagnetic Mass Models in Einstein-Cartan Theory

A set of solutions for the Einstein-Maxwell field equations with torsion and spin corresponding to a static spherical charged dust distribution has been obtained. This solution represents a charged body whose mass is purely of electromagnetic origin.     

Four-Dimensional Dilatonic Black Holes in Gauss-Bonnet Extended String Gravity

An internal singularity of a string four-dimensional black hole with second order curvature corrections is investigated. A restriction to a minimal size of a neutral black hole is obtained in the frame of the model considered. Vacuum polarization of the surrounding space-time caused by this minimal-size black hole is also discussed.     

Torsion Power

The demand for gravitation with torsion spans the realm from classical general relativity, where conservation of total angular momentum plus intrinsic spin requires the need for torsion, to string theory, which calls for the necessity of torsion as an antisymmetric field. Despite both the intense theoretical activity and the experimental efforts to measure torsion, research into the mechanisms of the production and radiation of torsion has been severely neglected. It is shown that torsion waves can be generated by particles with spin, and the radiated power is computed. With these results, new generations of experiments may be developed that could measure torsion waves, the effects on rotating collapsed objects, and the role of torsion waves in the development of the early universe.     

Conformal Couplings in Induced Gravity

It is found that the induced gravity with conformal couplings requires the conformal invariance in both classical and quantum levels for consistency. This is also true for the induced gravity with an extended conformal coupling interacting with torsion.     

The Dynamical Instability of Static, Spherically Symmetric Solutions in Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theories

We consider the dynamical stability of a class of static, spherically symmetric solutions of the nonsymmetric gravitational theory. We numerically reproduce the Wyman solution and generate new solutions for the case where the theory has a nontrivial fundamental length scale ^-1. By considering spherically symmetric perturbations of these solutions we show that the Wyman solutions are generically unstable.     

Letter: Charging Symmetries and Linearizing Potentials for Gravity Models with Symplectic Symmetry

In this letter we continue to study a class offour-dimensional gravity models with n Abelian vectorfields and Sp(2n, R)/U(n) coset of scalar fields. Thisclass contains General Relativity (n = 0) andEinstein-Maxwell dilaton axion theory (n = 1),which arises in the low energy limit of heterotic stringtheory. We perform reduction of the model with arbitraryn to three dimensions and study the subgroupof non-gauge symmetries of the resultingtheory. First, we find an explicit form these symmetriesusing the Ernst matrix potential formulation. Second, weconstruct a new matrix variable which linearlytransforms under the action of the non-gaugetransformations. Finally, we establish one generalinvariant of the non gauge symmetry subgroup, whichallows us to clarify this subgroup structure.     

Weave States in Loop Quantum Gravity

Weaves are eigenstates of geometrical operators in nonperturbative quantum gravity, which approximate flat space (or other smooth geometries) at large scales. We describe two such states, which diagonalize the area as well as the volume operators. The existence of such states shows that some earlier worries about the difficulty of realizing kinematical states with non-vanishing volume can be overcome. We also show that the Q operator used in earlier work for extracting geometrical information from quantum states does not capture more information than the area and volume operators.     

Gravity on a Parallelizable Manifold. Exact Solutions

The wave type field equation^a =^a, where ^ais a coframe field on a space-time, was recentlyproposed to describe the gravity field. This equationhas a unique static, spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat solution, whichleads to the viable Yilmaz–Rosen metric. We showthat the wave type field equation is satisfied by thepseudo-conformal frame if the conformal factor isdetermined by a scalar 3D-harmonic function. This functioncan be related to the Newtonian potential of classicalgravity. So we obtain a direct relation between thenon-relativistic gravity and the relativistic model: every classical exact solution leads to asolution of the field equation. With this result weobtain a wide class of exact, static metrics. We showthat the theory of Yilmaz relates to thepseudo-conformal sector of our construction. We derive also aunique cosmological (time dependent) solution of thedescribed type.     

Massive, Non-ghost Solutions for the Dirac Field Coupled Self-consistently to Gravity

We present new, massive, non-ghost solutions for the Dirac field coupled self-consistently to gravity. We employ a gauge-theoretic formulation of gravity which automatically identifies the spin of the Dirac field with the torsion of the gauge fields. Homogeneity of the field observables requires that the spatial sections be flat. Expanding and collapsing singular solutions are given, as well as a solution which expands from a singularity before recollapsing. Torsion effects are only important while the Compton wavelength of the Dirac field is larger than the Hubble radius. We study the motion of spinning point-particles in the background of the expanding solution. The anisotropy due to the torsion is manifest in the particle trajectories.     

Qualitative Properties of Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity

The qualitative properties of spatiallyhomogeneous stiff perfect fluid and minimally coupledmassless scalar field models within general relativityare discussed. Consequently, by exploiting the formal equivalence under conformal transformations and field redefinitions of certain classes of theories ofgravity, the asymptotic properties of spatiallyhomogeneous models in a class of scalar-tensor theories of gravity that includes the Brans-Dicke theory can be determined. For example, exact solutions are presented, which are analogues of the general relativistic Jacobs stiff perfect fluid solutions andvacuum plane wave solutions, which act as past andfuture attractors in the class of spatially homogeneousmodels in Brans-Dicke theory.     

String Cosmological Models with Magnetic Field

A new class of string cosmological models withand without magnetic field in the context of aspace-time with G₃ symmetry has beenpresented. In order to study the effects of magneticfield, the standard energy-momentum tensor is modified byincorporating additional term due to magnetic field. Thephysical and kinematical behaviours of the stringcosmological models have been discussed.     

Topology Change in (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity with Non-Abelian Higgs Field

We study topology change in (2+1)D gravity coupling with non-Abelian SO(2, 1) Higgs field from the point of view of Morse theory. It is shown that the Higgs potential can be identified as a Morse function. The critical points of the latter (i.e. loci of change of the spacetime topology) coincide with zeros of the Higgs field. In these critical points the two-dimensional metric becomes degenerate, but the curvature remains bounded.     

Gravity and Spin Forces in Gravitational Quantum Field Theory

In the new framework of gravitational quantum field theory (GQFT) with spin and scaling gauge invariance developed in Phys. Rev. D 93 (2016) 024012-1, we make a perturbative expansion for the full action in a background field which accounts for the early inflationary universe. We decompose the bicovariant vector fields of gravifield and spin gauge field with Lorentz and spin symmetries SO(1,3) and SP(1,3) in biframe spacetime into SO(3) representations for deriving the propagators of the basic quantum fields and extract their interaction terms. The leading order Feynman rules are presented. A tree-level 2 to 2 scattering amplitude of the Dirac fermions, through a gravifield and a spin gauge field, is calculated and compared to the Born approximation of the potential. It is shown that the Newton's gravitational law in the early universe is modified due to the background field. The spin dependence of the gravitational potential is demonstrated.     

A Brief Guide to Variations in Teleparallel Gauge Theories of Gravity and the Kaniel-Itin Model

Recently Kaniel and Itin proposed a gravitational model with the wave type equation as vacuum field equation, where denotes the coframe of spacetime. They found that the viable Yilmaz-Rosen metric is an exact solution of the tracefree part of their field equation. This model belongs to the teleparallelism class of gravitational gauge theories. Of decisive importance for the evaluation of the Kaniel-Itin model is the question whether the variation of the coframe commutes with the Hodge star. We find a master formula for this commutator and rectify some corresponding mistakes in the literature. Then we turn to a detailed discussion of the Kaniel-Itin model.     

REVIEW: On the Solutions of the Vacuum Cartan Equation in Metric Affine Gravity

We review some particular solutions of the vacuum Cartan equation for the non-Riemannian part of the connection in Metric Affine Gravity, by exploiting a variational approach. As application we show how a quite general non Riemannian model gives a Proca type equation for the trace of the non metricity 1-form Q.     

BOOK REVIEW: Loops,Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity,by Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin

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