Perfect fluids in the Einstein-Cartan theory
- 15 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 26 (10) , 2615-2618
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.26.2615
Abstract
We extend the fundamental variational principle for a perfect fluid in general relativity so that it applies to the metric-torsion Einstein-Cartan theory. We thereby deduce field equations for a perfect fluid in the Einstein-Cartan theory.Keywords
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