Symmetries in Riemann-Cartan Geometries

Riemann-Cartan geometries are geometries that admit non-zero curvature and torsion tensors. These geometries have been investigated as geometric frameworks for potential theories in physics, including quantum gravity theories, and have many important differences when compared to Riemannian geometrie...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2024
Main Authors: McNutt, David D., Coley, Alan A., van den Hoogen, Robert J.
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Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2024
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/212342
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Cite this:Symmetries in Riemann-Cartan Geometries. David D. McNutt, Alan A. Coley and Robert J. van den Hoogen. SIGMA 20 (2024), 078, 20 pages

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description Riemann-Cartan geometries are geometries that admit non-zero curvature and torsion tensors. These geometries have been investigated as geometric frameworks for potential theories in physics, including quantum gravity theories, and have many important differences when compared to Riemannian geometries. One notable difference is that the number of symmetries for a Riemann-Cartan geometry is potentially smaller than the number of Killing vector fields for the metric. In this paper, we will review the investigation of symmetries in Riemann-Cartan geometries and the mathematical tools used to determine geometries that admit a given group of symmetries. As an illustration, we present new results by determining all static spherically symmetric and all stationary spherically symmetric Riemann-Cartan geometries. Furthermore, we have determined the subclasses of spherically symmetric Riemann-Cartan geometries that admit a seven-dimensional group of symmetries.
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Symmetries in Riemann-Cartan Geometries. David D. McNutt, Alan A. Coley and Robert J. van den Hoogen. SIGMA 20 (2024), 078, 20 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 53A55; 83D99; 53Z05
arXiv:2401.00780
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/212342
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2024.078
Riemann-Cartan geometries are geometries that admit non-zero curvature and torsion tensors. These geometries have been investigated as geometric frameworks for potential theories in physics, including quantum gravity theories, and have many important differences when compared to Riemannian geometries. One notable difference is that the number of symmetries for a Riemann-Cartan geometry is potentially smaller than the number of Killing vector fields for the metric. In this paper, we will review the investigation of symmetries in Riemann-Cartan geometries and the mathematical tools used to determine geometries that admit a given group of symmetries. As an illustration, we present new results by determining all static spherically symmetric and all stationary spherically symmetric Riemann-Cartan geometries. Furthermore, we have determined the subclasses of spherically symmetric Riemann-Cartan geometries that admit a seven-dimensional group of symmetries.
The authors would like to thank the anonymous referees for their helpful comments, which have improved the quality of the paper. AAC and RvdH are supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. RvdH is supported by the Dr. W.F. James Chair of Studies in the Pure and Applied Sciences at St. Francis Xavier University. DDM is supported by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (project registration number 2019/34/H/ST1/00636).
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Symmetries in Riemann-Cartan Geometries
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