The quadratic spinor Lagrangian, axial torsion current and generalizations

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1653-1667

  Da Rocha, R ^a,b   Pereira, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axial torsion; Holst action; Quadratic spinor Lagrangian; Spinor fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549079049     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271807010900     Document Type: Article

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