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Teleparallel Gravity

An Introduction

  • The first book fully dedicated to teleparallel gravity
  • A general introduction into teleparallel gravity with
  • all the necessary technical details and historical account
  • Written by some of the most active researchers in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 173)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
  2. Basic Notions

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 1-15
  3. Lorentz Connections and Inertia

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 17-23
  4. Gauge Theories and Gravitation

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 25-38
  5. Fundamentals of Teleparallel Gravity

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 39-50
  6. Gravitational Coupling Prescription

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 51-57
  7. Particle Mechanics

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 59-72
  8. Global Formulation for Gravity

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 73-81
  9. Hodge Dual for Soldered Bundles

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 83-87
  10. Lagrangian and Field Equations

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 89-100
  11. Gravitational Energy-Momentum Density

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 101-110
  12. Gravitation in the Lack of Universality

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 111-120
  13. Gravitational Coupling of the Fundamental Fields

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 121-128
  14. Spin-2 Field Coupled to Gravitation

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 129-141
  15. Teleparallel Equivalent of Some Solutions

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 143-149
  16. Duality Symmetry

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 151-158
  17. Teleparallel Kaluza-Klein Theory

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 159-170
  18. Einstein-Cartan Theory

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 171-177
  19. Why to Study Teleparallel Gravity

    • Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira
    Pages 179-186
  20. Back Matter

    Pages 187-214

About this book

Teleparallel Gravity (TG) is an alternative theory for gravitation, which is equivalent to General Relativity (GR). However, it is conceptually different. For example in GR geometry replaces the concept of force, and the trajectories are determined by geodesics. TG attributes gravitation to torsion, which accounts for gravitation by acting as a force.
TG has already solved some old problems of gravitation (like the energy-momentum density of the gravitational field). The interest in TG has grown in the last few years.
The book here proposed will be the first one dedicated exclusively to TG, and will include the foundations of the theory, as well as applications to specific problems to illustrate how the theory works.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The ideas presented in this book are strongly biased by the authors’ point of view on the subject, and are essentially based on their research output. … It is the first of its kind on TG which includes a study of its foundation and applications to specific problems. … it is worth reading by any researcher in the field of gravitation and torsion.” (Prasanta Mahato, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2013)

“The authors of the present book try to complete the almost exhaustive review article by Hehl et al., updating it by recent research in this area. … the chapters of the book are very useful to any researcher intending to extend his research from the De Sitter space of General Relativity to De Sitter torsioned space, and from the De Sitter-Einstein space to De Sitter-Einstein-Cartan space.” (Alex Gaina, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1259, 2013)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

    Ruben Aldrovandi, José Geraldo Pereira

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Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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