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Covariant fractons and Weitzenböck torsion

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The relation between covariant fracton gauge theory and Møller-Hayashi-Shirafuji theory of gravity is investigated. The former is the gauge theory of a rank-two symmetric tensor with gauge symmetry given by the double derivative of a scalar parameter; the latter is the most general theory, whose action is quadratic in the Weitzenböck torsion. We show that the solutions of covariant fracton gauge theory describe a subsector of the space of solutions of Møller-Hayashi-Shirafuji theory, providing a new insight in the relation between covariant fractons and gravity, and elucidating the meaning of covariant fracton theory as a new type of gauge theory.

Source: Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

DOI: 10.1103/y426-6lkj

Author: Davide Rovere

Institutions: University of Padua, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova

Language: English

Topic: Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4415965211

FWCI: 0.91

Cites: 42

Cited by: 2

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