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Studies In Torsion Free Biconformal Spaces, James Thomas Wheeler
Studies In Torsion Free Biconformal Spaces, James Thomas Wheeler
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We study whether the solutions for the symmetric part of the connection in homogeneous biconformal space also satisfy the more general field equation of curved biconformal spaces. We show that the six field equations for the torsion and co-torsion are satisfied by vanishing torsion together with the Lorentzian form of the metric when γ+ = 0.
Gauge Transformations Of The Biconformal Connection, James Thomas Wheeler
Gauge Transformations Of The Biconformal Connection, James Thomas Wheeler
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We study the changes of the biconformal gauge fields under the local rotational and dilatational gauge transformations.
Yang-Mills Gravity In Biconformal Space, L. B. Anderson, James Thomas Wheeler
Yang-Mills Gravity In Biconformal Space, L. B. Anderson, James Thomas Wheeler
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We write a gravity theory with Yang–Mills-type action using the biconformal gauging of the conformal group. We show that the resulting biconformal Yang–Mills gravity theories describe 4-dim, scale-invariant general relativity in the case of slowly changing fields. In addition, we systematically extend arbitrary 4-dim Yang–Mills theories to biconformal space, providing a new arena for studying flat-space Yang–Mills theories. By applying the biconformal extension to a 4-dim pure Yang–Mills theory with conformal symmetry, we establish a 1-1, onto mapping between a set of gravitational gauge theories and 4-dim, flat-space gauge theories.
String Induced Space Compactification, P. G. Freund, P. Oh, James Thomas Wheeler
String Induced Space Compactification, P. G. Freund, P. Oh, James Thomas Wheeler
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Motivated by the possibility of a finite theory of gravity provided by superstrings in ten space-time dimensions, we analyze the problem of space compactification in the context of string dynamics. Such an analysis is hampered by conceptual and technical problems, stemming from the existence of the quantum string's own graviton mode on the one hand, and from Witten's observation of anomalies in a not specially chosen curves space-time on the other hand. Still, in the context of a classical local field presentation of string theory à la Nambu and Hosotani, supplemented by gravitational and Kalb-Ramond interactions, we are able to …