Is minimal coupling procedure compatible with minimal action principle?

dc.creatorSaa, Alberto
dc.date1994-05-24
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dc.descriptionWhen space-time is assumed to be non-Riemannian the minimal coupling procedure (MCP) is not compatible, in general, with minimal action principle (MAP). This means that the equations gotten by applying MCP to the Euler-Lagrange equations of a Lagrangian $\cal L$ do not coincide with the Euler-Lagrange equations of the Lagrangian obtained by applying MCP to $\cal L$. Such compatibility can be restored if the space-time admits a connection-compatible volume element. We show how these concepts can alter qualitatively the predictions of the Einstein-Cartan theory of gravity.
dc.descriptionLaTeX 6 pages, (This Essay was awarded a Honorable Mention for 1994 by the Gravity Research Foundation), preprint IFUSP/P-1112
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9405054
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9405054
dc.identifierGrav.Cosmol. 2 (1996) 89
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35511
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleIs minimal coupling procedure compatible with minimal action principle?
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