Torsion-Gravity and Spinors in Fundamental Theoretical Physics

• Other Authors: Fabbri, Luca (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Physics; general relativity; torsion-gravity; mathematical physics; Cauchy problem; junction conditions; Einstein-Cartan gravity; f(R)-gravity with torsion; Hehl-Datta equation; ultraviolet divergence; renormalisation; modified gravity; quantum electrodynamics; hierarchy problem; torsion; spinors; torsion/Einstein-Cartan; gravity/chameleon; electrodynamics; quantum hydrodynamics; spin; gauge gravity; general relativity with torsion; dark matter; dark energy; nucleosynthesis; torsional gravity; electromagnetic wave; Faraday effect; torsion axial-vector; Dirac spinor fields; singularity problem; n/a
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Einstein's theory of gravitation is perhaps one of the best-established theories ever conceived. However, it is based on the hypothesis that space-time carries curvature alone, leaving torsion out. Because torsion is a natural part of the most general geometric background in which Einstein grav...