Cosmology with vector distortion

Abstract

We consider an extension of Weyl geometry with the most general connection linearly determined by a vector field. We discuss some of the geometrical properties within this framework and then we construct gravitational theories leading to an interesting class of vector-tensor theories with cosmological applications.

4 pages, Contribution to the proceedings of the Cosmology session of Moriond 2016

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