Torsion and the Electromagnetic Field

Abstract

In the framework of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, we study the dynamics of a gravitationally coupled electromagnetic field. It is shown that the electromagnetic field is able not only to couple to torsion, but also, through its energy-momentum tensor, to produce torsion. Furthermore, it is shown that the coupling of the electromagnetic field with torsion preserves the local gauge invariance of Maxwell's theory.

RevTeX, 12 pages, minor changes, some references added, version to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D

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