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The quadratic spinor Lagrangian is equivalent to the teleparallel theory

Roh Suan Tung and James M. Nester
Phys. Rev. D 60, 021501(R) – Published 17 June 1999
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Abstract

The quadratic spinor Lagrangian is shown to be equivalent to the teleparallel-tetrad representation of Einstein’s theory. An important consequence is that the energy-momentum density obtained from this quadratic spinor Lagrangian is essentially the same as the “tensor” proposed by Møller.

  • Received 8 September 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.60.021501

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Roh Suan Tung*

  • Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom

James M. Nester

  • Department of Physics and Center for Complex Systems, National Central University, Chungli 320, Taiwan, Republic of China

  • *Electronic address: r.tung@lancaster.ac.uk
  • Electronic address: nester@joule.phy.ncu.edu.tw

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Vol. 60, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1999

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