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Geometric multipliers and partial teleparallelism in Poincar\'e gauge theory

Authors :
Barker, W. E. V.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The dynamics of the torsion-powered teleparallel theory are only viable because thirty-six multiplier fields disable all components of the Riemann--Cartan curvature. We generalise this suggestive approach by considering Poincar\'e gauge theory in which sixty such `geometric multipliers' can be invoked to disable any given irreducible part of the curvature, or indeed the torsion. Torsion theories motivated by a weak-field analysis frequently suffer from unwanted dynamics in the strong-field regime, such as the activation of ghosts. By considering the propagation of massive, parity-even vector torsion, we explore how geometric multipliers may be able to limit strong-field departures from the weak-field Hamiltonian constraint structure, and consider their tree-level phenomena.<br />Comment: Version accepted by PRD, added Fig. 1, added Section IIA, added references, corrected typos in Appendix E

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2205.13534
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.024053