Gauge theories of gravity: the nonlinear framework
| dc.creator | Tiemblo, A. | |
| dc.creator | Tresguerres, R. | |
| dc.date | 2005-10-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:46:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:46:24Z | |
| dc.description | Nonlinear realizations of spacetime groups are presented as a versatile mathematical tool providing a common foundation for quite different formulations of gauge theories of gravity. We apply nonlinear realizations in particular to both the Poincaré and the affine group in order to develop Poincaré gauge theory (PGT) and metric-affine gravity (MAG) respectively. Regarding PGT, two alternative nonlinear treatments of the Poincaré group are developed, one of them being suitable to deal with the Lagrangian and the other one with the Hamiltonian version of the same gauge theory. We argue that our Hamiltonian approach to PGT is closely related to Ashtekar's approach to gravity. On the other hand, a brief survey on MAG clarifies the role played by the metric--affine metric tensor as a Goldsone field. All gravitational quantities in fact --the metric as much as the coframes and connections-- are shown to acquire a simple gauge--theoretical interpretation in the nonlinear framework. | |
| dc.description | Review article published in Recent Research Developments in Physics 5 (2004) 1255, Transworld Research Network | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0510089 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0510089 | |
| dc.identifier | Recent Res.Devel.Phys. 5 (2004) 1255 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/103323 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Gauge theories of gravity: the nonlinear framework | |
| dc.type | text |