The role of translational invariance in non linear gauge theories of gravity
arXiv:0803.0416 · doi:10.1142/S0219887808002734
Abstract
The internal structure of the tetrads in a Poincaré non linear gauge theory of gravity is considered. Minkowskian coordinates becomes dynamical degrees of freedom playing the role of Goldstone bosons of the translations. A critical length allowing a covariant expansion similar to the weak field approach is deduced, the zeroth order metric being maximally symmetric (Minkowskian in some cases).
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