Result: Spacetime defects: Domain walls and torsion: Spacetime defects: domain walls and torsion

Title:
Spacetime defects: Domain walls and torsion: Spacetime defects: domain walls and torsion
Source:
Journal of Mathematical Physics. 39:372-379
Publication Status:
Preprint
Publisher Information:
AIP Publishing, 1998.
Publication Year:
1998
Document Type:
Academic journal Article<br />Other literature type
File Description:
application/xml
Language:
English
ISSN:
1089-7658
0022-2488
DOI:
10.1063/1.532318
DOI:
10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9811023
Rights:
arXiv Non-Exclusive Distribution
Accession Number:
edsair.doi.dedup.....2faa27a4cb049b64fd4198c6e584c6dc
Database:
OpenAIRE

Further Information

The theory of distributions in non-Riemannian spaces is used to obtain exact static thin domain wall solutions of Einstein-Cartan equations of gravity. Curvature δ-singularities are found while Cartan torsion is given by Heaviside functions. Weitzenböck planar walls are characterized by torsion δ-singularities and zero curvature. It is shown that Weitzenböck static thin domain walls do not exist exactly as in general relativity. The global structure of Weitzenböck nonstatic torsion walls is investigated.