Metric-affine gravity and the Nester - Witten 2-form

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 265-275

  Godina, Marco ^a   Matteucci, Paolo ^b   Vickers, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gauge natural; Hilbert Einstein lagrangian; Spinors; Superpotential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035486288     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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