ISSN:
1572-9532
Keywords:
TELEPARALLELISM
;
GENERAL RELATIVITY
;
SCALAR FIELD
;
MINIMAL COUPLING
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A comparative study between the metric and the teleparallel descriptions of gravitation is made for the case of a scalar field. In contrast to the current belief that only spin matter could detect the teleparallel geometry, scalar matter being able to feel the metric geometry only, we show that a scalar field is able not only to feel anyone of these geometries, but also to produce torsion. Furthermore, both descriptions are found to be completely equivalent, which means that in fact, besides coupling to curvature, a scalar field couples also to torsion.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018848828521
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