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Generalized Hodge dual for torsion in teleparallel gravity.
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International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics . Oct2016, Vol. 13 Issue 9, p-1. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- For teleparallel gravity in four dimensions, Lucas and Pereira have shown that its action can be constructed via a generalized Hodge dual for torsion tensor. In this paper, we demonstrate that a direct generalization of this approach to other dimensions fails due to the fact that no generalized Hodge dual operator could be given in general dimensions. Furthermore, if one enforces the definition of a generalized Hodge dual to be consistent with the action of teleparallel gravity in general dimensions, the basic identity for any sensible Hodge dual would require an ad hoc definition for the second Hodge dual operation which is totally unexpected. Therefore, we conclude that at least for the torsion tensor, the observation of Lucas and Pereira only applies to four dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02198878
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118222297
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219887816501061