Brans-Dicke-type models with torsion
- 15 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 32 (12) , 3307-3308
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.32.3307
Abstract
It is shown that the nonvanishing torsion obtained in Brans-Dicke-type models with torsion may be transformed away by an (extended) conformal transformation. The possible application of this symmetry for the construction of microscopic theories of gravity is mentioned.Keywords
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