scholarly journals A Teleparallel Type Theory for Massless Spin 2 Fields

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Wadih Maluf ◽  
Sérgio Costa Ulhoa
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Type Theory ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Symmetric Tensor ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Massless Spin

We present the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of a theory for spin 2 fields. The construction is developed in flat space-time. The construction in curved space-time is conceptually straightforward, although it is not unique. The theory is based on a symmetric tensor $S_{\mu\nu}$, contains two degrees of freedom of radiation, is motivated by the teleparallel formulation of general relativity, and displays a certain resemblance with Maxwell's theory for the electromagnetic field.

Zum Übergang von der Wellenoptik zur geometrischen Optik in der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

1967 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1328-1332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Maxwell Equations ◽  
Expansion Method ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Moving Medium ◽  
Formal Similarity ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Optical Metric ◽  
Series Expansion Method

The transition from the (covariantly generalized) MAXWELL equations to the geometrical optics limit is discussed in the context of general relativity, by adapting the classical series expansion method to the case of curved space time. An arbitrarily moving ideal medium is also taken into account, and a close formal similarity between wave propagation in a moving medium in flat space time and in an empty, gravitationally curved space-time is established by means of a normal hyperbolic optical metric.

Time, Topology, and the Twin Paradox

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean‐Pierre Luminet
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Twin Paradox ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Apparent Paradox ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Gravitational Fields

This chapter notes that the twin paradox is the best-known thought experiment associated with Einstein's theory of relativity. An astronaut who makes a journey into space in a high-speed rocket will return home to find he has aged less than his twin who stayed on Earth. This result appears puzzling, as the homebody twin can be considered to have done the travelling with respect to the traveller. Hence, it is called a “paradox”. In fact, there is no contradiction, and the apparent paradox has a simple resolution in special relativity with infinite flat space. In general relativity (dealing with gravitational fields and curved space-time), or in a compact space such as the hypersphere or a multiply connected finite space, the paradox is more complicated, but its resolution provides new insights about the structure of space–time and the limitations of the equivalence between inertial reference frames.

THE ASYMPTOTICALLY FREE AND ASYMPTOTICALLY CONFORMALLY INVARIANT GRAND UNIFICATION THEORIES IN CURVED SPACE-TIME

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (20) ◽  
pp. 1599-1604 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.L. BUCHBINDER ◽  
I.L. SHAPIRO ◽  
E.G. YAGUNOV
Keyword(s):  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Gauge Group ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Grand Unification ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Conformally Invariant ◽  
Renormalization Group Equations ◽  
The One

GUT’s in curved space-time is considered. The set of asymptotically free and asymptotically conformally invariant models based on the SU (N) gauge group is constructed. The general solutions of renormalization group equations are considered as the special ones. Several SU (2N) models, which are finite in flat space-time (on the one-loop level) and asymptotically conformally invariant in external gravitational field are also presented.

Electromagnetic field in two-dimensional locally flat space-time

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1257-1263
Author(s):  
Kingshuk Majumdar ◽  
Rajkumar Roychoudhury
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Two Dimensional

scholarly journals Comparing Gravitation in Flat Space-Time with General Relativity

2016 ◽  
Vol 07 (12) ◽  
pp. 1492-1499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Petry
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time

A Class of Energetically Rigid Gravitational Fields

1974 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1527-1530 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Goenner
Keyword(s):  
Flat Space ◽  
Second Fundamental Form ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Geometrical Properties ◽  
Gravitational Fields ◽  
The Second Fundamental Form ◽  
Perfect Fluids ◽  
Higher Dimensional

In Einstein's theory, the physics of gravitational fields is reflected by the geometry of the curved space-time manifold. One of the methods for a study of the geometrical properties of space-time consists in regarding it, locally, as embedded in a higher-dimensional flat space. In this paper, metrics admitting a 3-parameter group of motion are considered which form a generalization of spherically symmetric gravitational fields. A subclass of such metrics can be embedded into a five- dimensional flat space. It is shown that the second fundamental form governing the embedding can be expressed entirely by the energy-momentum tensor of matter and the cosmological constant. Such gravitational fields are called energetically rigid. As an application gravitating perfect fluids are discussed.

scholarly journals DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
CORINNE A. MANOGUE ◽  
TEVIAN DRAY
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Equation ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Particle Spectrum ◽  
Spin States ◽  
Helicity State ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Massless Spin ◽  
Generation Structure ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Opposite Helicity

Using an octonionic formalism, we introduce a new mechanism for reducing ten space–time dimensions to four without compactification. Applying this mechanism to the free, ten-dimensional, massless (momentum space) Dirac equation results in a particle spectrum consisting of exactly three generations. Each generation contains one massive spin-1/2 particle with two spin states, one massless spin-1/2 particle with only one helicity state, and their antiparticles — precisely one generation of leptons. There is also a single massless spin-1/2 particle/antiparticle pair with the opposite helicity and no generation structure. We conclude with a discussion of some further consequences of this approach, including those which could arise when using the formalism on a curved space–time background, as well as the implications for the nature of space–time itself.

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