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arxiv: 1212.3266 · v2 · pith:VQH4I54Vnew · submitted 2012-12-13 · 🌀 gr-qc

Einstein-Cartan Theory and Gauge Symmetry

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keywords gaugeeinstein-cartaninvarianttheoryapproximationargueargumentscoupling
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We argue that the non gauge invariant coupling between torsion and the Maxwell or Yang-Mills fields in Einstein-Cartan theory can not be ignored. Arguments based in the existence of normal frames in neighbourhoods, and an approximation to a \delta-function, lead to gauge invariant observables.

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