Torsion Axial-Vector and Gravitational Energy for a Stiff Fluid Model in the Theory of Teleparallel Gravity

In this paper, we find the teleparallel version of the cylindrically symmetric stiff fluid space-time. The expressions for torsion vector and torsion axial-vector are obtained. We show that the value of torsion axial-vector depends on the choice of tetrad fields. Furthermore, we calculate the energy and momentum densities and show that these values do not depend on the choice of tetrad fields. Finally, we find the equation determining trajectory and spin precession of a Dirac equation in the space-time under consideration and show that the corresponding Hamiltonian depends on the choice of tetrad fields.     

Letter: Weitzenböck Spacetime Outside a Rapidly Rotating Object and the Motion of a Dirac Particle

The tetrad and the torsion fields due to a rapidly rotating massive object are found. The motion of a spin particle in the Weitzenböck spacetime is studied. It is shown that the axial-vector torsion is the entity responsible for the gravitomagnetic component of the gravitational field.The influences of the quadrupole moment of the rapidly rotating object on the motion of the particle are discussed. It is pointed out that the influences of the quadrupole moment are negligible for Kerr black holes, but are as important as that of the Newtonian potential for a rapidly rotating neutron star.     

Gravitation as Anholonomy

A gravitational field can be seen as the anholonomy of the tetrad fields. This is more explicit in the teleparallel approach, in which the gravitational field-strength is the torsion of the ensuing Weitzenböck connection. In a tetrad frame, that torsion is just the anholonomy of that frame. The infinitely many tetrad fields taking the Lorentz metric into a given Riemannian metric differ by point-dependent Lorentz transformations. Inertial frames constitute a smaller infinity of them, differing by fixed-point Lorentz transformations. Holonomic tetrads take the Lorentz metric into itself, and correspond to Minkowski flat spacetime. An accelerated frame is necessarily anholonomic and sees the electromagnetic field strength with an additional term.     

A new Lagrangian for the vacuum einstein equations and its tetrad form

We give a modification of the Palatini Lagrangian for the free gravitational field that yields the vanishing of the torsion as a result of the field equations and requires only the assumption of the symmetry of the metric. We transcribe this Lagrangian into the tetrad formalism and show how the tetrad form of the Einstein field equations follows from it. Some remarks on possible generalization to a theory with nonvanishing torsion in the presence of matter conclude the paper.An earlier version of the results of this paper are found in [6].On leave from the Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.     

Finding Dirac Spin Effect in NUT Spacetime

In the present study, we are interested in finding the spin precession of a Dirac particle in expanding and rotating NUT spaeetime. A tetrad with two functions to be determined is applied to the field equation of the teleparallel theory of gravity via a coordinate transformation. The vector, the axial-vector and the tensor parts of the torsion tensor are obtained. We found that the vector parts are in the radial and Ф-directions. The axial-vector torsion is along r-direction while its other components along θ and oh-directions vanish everywhere. The vector connected with Dirac spin has been evaluated as well.     

Interacting Gravitational and Dirac Fields with Torsion

A general interaction scheme is formulated in a general space–time with torsion from the action principle by considering the gravitational, the Dirac, and the torsion field as independent fields. Some components of the torsion field come out to be automatically zero. Both the resulting Einstein-like and the Dirac-like fields equations contain nonlinear terms given by a self-interaction of the Dirac spinor and originally produced by torsion. The theory is specialized to the Robertson–Walker space–time without torsion. To solve he corresponding equations, that still have a complex structure, the spin coefficients have to be calculated explicitly from the tetrad employed. A solution, even if simple and elementary, is then determined.     

Variational formalism and field equations of tetrad gravitation theory in the Weyl-Cartan space

A variational formalism of tetrad gravitation theory is developed in the Weyl-Cartan space with independent variations in the tetrad coefficients, metric tensor components, and affine connectivity coefficients that considers the Weyl condition imposed on the nonmetricity based on the method of undetermined Lagrange multipliers. The gravitational field equations are derived for the Lagrangian comprising all possible quadratic convolutions of curvature, torsion, and nonmetricity tensors in addition to the linear component. Differential identities are obtained for the general gravitational Lagrangian in the Weyl-Cartan space. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 56–59, June, 2006.     

Torsion Axial-Vector in an Alternative Kerr Tetrad Field

In the framework of parallelism general relativity, the torsion axial-vector in the rotating gravitational field is studied in terms of the alternative Kerr tetrad. In thecase of the weak field and slow rotation approximation, we obtain that the torsion axial-vector possesses the dipole-like structure. Furthermore, the effect of massive neutrino spin precession in this field is mentioned.     

Torsion Axial-Vector in an Alternative Kerr Tetrad Field

In the framework of parallelism general relativity, the torsion axial-vector in the rotating gravitational field is studied in terms of the alternative Kerr tetrad. In the case of the weak field and slow rotation approximation, we obtain that the torsion axial-vector possesses the dipole-like structure. Furthermore, the effect of massive neutrino spin precession in this field is mentioned.     

Quantized space-time,torsion, and magnetic monopoles

Within the tetrad formalism we introduce quantized space-time in the curvilinear case by using general coordinate transformations with noncommuting terms. Fermion and boson fields are studied and the affine connection is also defined in this space. It is shown that space-time torsion and magnetic monopoles appear as consequences of the theory with quantized space-time at small distances. This method may open a new way of understanding topological structure of space-time.     

Dirac Equation in Space–Time with Torsion

The Dirac equation in a curved space–time endowed with compatible affine connection is reconsidered. After a detailed decomposition of the total action, the equation is obtained by varying with respect to the Dirac spinor and the torsion field. The result is a known Dirac-like equation with constraints that can be interpreted as the equation of a self-interacting spin 1/2 particle in curved space–time. The scheme is then translated into the language of the 2-spinor formalism of curved space–time based on the choice of a null tetrad frame. The spinorial equation so obtained coincides with the standard one in case of no torsion, while in general it remains a nonlinear equation describing a self-interacting spin 1/2 particle. The nonlinearity is produced by the interaction of the particle with its own current that remains conserved as in the free torsion case.     

Letter: Axial Torsion-Dirac Spin Effect in Rotating Frame with Relativistic Factor

In the framework of spacetime with torsion and without curvature, the Dirac particle spin precession in the rotational system is studied. We write out the equivalent tetrad of the rotating frame, in the polar coordinate system, through considering the relativistic factor, and the resultant equivalent metric is a flat Minkowski one. The obtained rotation-spin coupling formula can be applied to the high speed rotating case, which is consistent with the expectation.     

Geometry of dislocated de Broglie waves

The geometrical structures implicit in the de Broglie waves associated with a relativistic charged scalar quantum mechanical particle in an external field are analyzed by employing the ray concept of the causal interpretation. It is shown how an osculating Finslerian metric tensor, a torsion tensor, and a tetrad field define respectively the strain, the dislocation density, and the Burgers vector in the natural state of the wave, which is a non-Riemannian space of distant parallelism. A quantum torque determined by the quantum potential is introduced and the example of a screw dislocated wave is discussed.     

Spin connection resonance in magnetic motors

A mechanism is proposed for rotation of magnetic assemblies by a torque consisting of the magnetic dipole moment of the assembly and a magnetic field generated from space–time in Einstein–Cartan–Evans (ECE) field theory. It is shown that when the magnetic assembly is stationary, the space–time is described by a Helmholtz wave equation in the tetrad as eigenfunction. This is a balance condition in which the Cartan torsion of the space–time is zero, but in which the tetrad and spin connection are non-zero. This balance may be broken by a driving current density produced by the magnetic assembly. The Helmholtz equation becomes an undamped oscillator equation. At resonance the torque on the magnetic assembly may be amplified sufficiently to cause the whole assembly to rotate, as observed experimentally in a repeatable and reproducible manner.     

Can Torsion Play a Role in Angular Momentum Conservation Law?

In Einstein-Cartan theory, by the use of thegeneral Noether theorem, the general covariantangular-momentum conservation law is obtained withrespect to the local Lorentz transformations. Thecorresponding conservative Noether current is interpreted asthe angular momentum tensor of the gravity-matter systemincluding the spin density. It is pointed out that,assuming the tetrad transformation given by eq. (15), then torsion does not play a role in theconservation law of angular momentum.     

The teleparallel equivalent of general relativity

A review of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity is presented. It is emphasized that general relativity may be formulated in terms of the tetrad fields and of the torsion tensor, and that this geometrical formulation leads to alternative insights into the theory. The equivalence with the standard formulation in terms of the metric and curvature tensors takes place at the level of field equations. The review starts with a brief account of the history of teleparallel theories of gravity. Then the ordinary interpretation of the tetrad fields as reference frames adapted to arbitrary observers in space–time is discussed, and the tensor of inertial accelerations on frames is obtained. It is shown that the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian field equations allow us to define the energy, momentum and angular momentum of the gravitational field, as surface integrals of the field quantities. In the phase space of the theory, these quantities satisfy the algebra of the Poincaré group.     

More precise definition of the Gibbons-Hawking gravitational action

Hilbert and Einstein gravitational actions are compared to the Gibbons-Hawking action with the surface term. The equivalence principle is considered as an argument in favor of the choice of physical vacuum type and the choice of the action without the second derivatives of the tetrad potential, which coincides with the Hilbert action at weak Lorentz calibration of the tetrad: the co-closedness of one 1-form of the general tetrad expansion. The Gibbons-Hawking action is freed from the term artificially introduced by them, which limits its applicability in the general case.     

Theory of a gravitational gauge field with localization of the de Sitter group

A de Sitter-invariant gauge theory is formulated for the case where a 40-component de Sitter A-field is present. It is shown that the theory coincides with the Poincare-invariant gauge theory in a space with torsion with a cosmological term. Two other versions of a de Sitter-invariant theory are also discussed: the first is a metric theory of gravitation in a Riemann space; the second is a de Sitter-invariant generalization of the tetrad theory of gravitation in a space of absolute parallelism.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 50–53, November, 1986.     

Teleparallel equivalent theory of (1+1)-dimensional gravity

A theory of (1+1)-dimensional gravity is constructed on the basis of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity.The fundamental field variables are the tetrad fields e i μ and the gravity is attributed to the torsion.A dilatonic spherically symmetric exact solution of the gravitational field equations characterized by two parameters M and Q is derived.The energy associated with this solution is calculated using the two-dimensional gravitational energy-momentum formula.