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Teleparallel Spin Connection
A new expression for the spin connection of teleparallel gravity is proposed,
given by minus the contorsion tensor plus a zero connection. The corresponding
minimal coupling is covariant under local Lorentz transformation, and
equivalent to the minimal coupling prescription of general relativity. With
this coupling prescription, therefore, teleparallel gravity turns out to be
fully equivalent to general relativity, even in the presence of spinor fields.Comment: 2 pages, RevTeX, to appear in Phys. Rev D (Brief Report
Primordial magnetic fields constrained by CMB anisotropies and dynamo cosmology
Magneto-curvature stresses could deform magnetic field lines and this would
give rise to back reaction and restoring magnetic stresses [Tsagas, PRL
(2001)]. Barrow et al [PRD (2008)] have shown in Friedman universe the
expansion to be slow down in spatial section of negative Riemann curvatures.
From Chicone et al [CMP (1997)] paper, proved that fast dynamos in compact 2D
manifold implies negatively constant Riemannian curvature, here one applies the
Barrow-Tsagas ideas to cosmic dynamos. Fast dynamo covariant stretching of
Riemann slices of cosmic Lobachevsky plane is given. Inclusion of advection
term on dynamo equations [Clarkson et al, MNRAS (2005)] is considered. In
absence of advection a fast dynamo is also obtained. Viscous and restoring
forces on stretching particles decrease, as magnetic rates increase. From COBE
data (), one computes stretching
.
Zeldovich et al has computed the maximum magnetic growth rate as
. From COBE data one computes
a lower growth rate for the magnetic field as
, well-within Zeldovich et al
estimate. Instead of the Harrison value one obtains the
lower primordial field which yields the
at the Big Bang time.Comment: Dept of theoretical physics-UERJ-Brasi
Gravitation and Duality Symmetry
By generalizing the Hodge dual operator to the case of soldered bundles, and
working in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, an
analysis of the duality symmetry in gravitation is performed. Although the
basic conclusion is that, at least in the general case, gravitation is not dual
symmetric, there is a particular theory in which this symmetry shows up. It is
a self dual (or anti-self dual) teleparallel gravity in which, due to the fact
that it does not contribute to the interaction of fermions with gravitation,
the purely tensor part of torsion is assumed to vanish. The ensuing fermionic
gravitational interaction is found to be chiral. Since duality is intimately
related to renormalizability, this theory may eventually be more amenable to
renormalization than teleparallel gravity or general relativity.Comment: 7 pages, no figures. Version 2: minor presentation changes,
references added. Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys.
Dialectics of the household: technological objects as a social mediator
The aim of this paper is to examine a few issues concerning social relationships in (and with) the household. In this context, these relationships take on a specific characteristic: they are mediated by objects, especially technological ones. The importance these objects have for the household of the interviewees will be substantiated throughout this paper, also keeping in mind the way they are chosen, which depends on the role they will have for people. The narratives that provide the basis for this study were collected in Porto (north of Portugal) between 2011 and 2013, during the research for my doctorate in Anthropology of Technology[i]. Having these narratives as a starting point, the material culture of the household will be regarded as a way to understand some of the structuring processes of identity and social relationships within the timeframe of modernity[ii].info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Electronic Griffiths phase of the d=2 Mott transition
We investigate the effects of disorder within the T=0 Brinkman-Rice (BR)
scenario for the Mott metal-insulator transition (MIT) in two dimensions (2d).
For sufficiently weak disorder the transition retains the Mott character, as
signaled by the vanishing of the local quasiparticles (QP) weights Z_{i} and
strong disorder screening at criticality. In contrast to the behavior in high
dimensions, here the local spatial fluctuations of QP parameters are strongly
enhanced in the critical regime, with a distribution function P(Z) ~
Z^{\alpha-1} and \alpha tends to zero at the transition. This behavior
indicates a robust emergence of an electronic Griffiths phase preceding the
MIT, in a fashion surprisingly reminiscent of the "Infinite Randomness Fixed
Point" scenario for disordered quantum magnets.Comment: 4+ pages, 5 figures, final version to appear in Physical Review
Letter
Teleparallel origin of the Fierz picture for spin-2 particle
A new approach to the description of spin-2 particle in flat and curved
spacetime is developed on the basis of the teleparallel gravity theory. We show
that such an approach is in fact a true and natural framework for the Fierz
representation proposed recently by Novello and Neves. More specifically, we
demonstrate how the teleparallel theory fixes uniquely the structure of the
Fierz tensor, discover the transparent origin of the gauge symmetry of the spin
2 model, and derive the linearized Einstein operator from the fundamental
identity of the teleparallel gravity. In order to cope with the consistency
problem on the curved spacetime, similarly to the usual Riemannian approach,
one needs to include the non-minimal (torsion dependent) coupling terms.Comment: 5 pages, Revtex4, no figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Gravitomagnetic Moments of the Fundamental Fields
The quadratic form of the Dirac equation in a Riemann spacetime yields a
gravitational gyromagnetic ratio \kappa_S = 2 for the interaction of a Dirac
spinor with curvature. A gravitational gyromagnetic ratio \kappa_S = 1 is also
found for the interaction of a vector field with curvature. It is shown that
the Dirac equation in a curved background can be obtained as the square--root
of the corresponding vector field equation only if the gravitational
gyromagnetic ratios are properly taken into account.Comment: 8 pages, RevTeX Style, no figures, changed presentation -- now
restricted to fields of spin 0, 1/2 and 1 -- some references adde
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