Projective symmetries and induced electromagnetism in metric-affine gravity

We present a framework in which the projective symmetry of the Einstein–Hilbert action in metric-affine gravity is used to induce an effective coupling between the Dirac lagrangian and the Maxwell field. The effective U(1) gauge potential arises as the trace of the non-metricity tensor Qμaa and coup...

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Main Authors: Bert Janssen, Alejandro Jiménez-Cano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318308025