New gauge symmetry in gravity and the evanescent role of torsion

Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 287-298

  Kleinert, H ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ICRANET   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Einstein Hilbert action; Gauge fields theories; Riemann Cartan spacetime; Unified field theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449266806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17295254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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