The One-Loop Divergences of the Linear Gravity with the Torsion Terms

Abstract

We investigate the role of the torsion field at the quantum level in the affine-metric theory of gravity. One-loop counterterms are calculated in the theory with terms quadratic in the torsion field.

13 pages in LATEX. (The title and references are changed. The discussion of the BRST-symmetry added.)

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