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Phys. Rev. D 60, 021501(R) (1999) [5 pages]

The quadratic spinor Lagrangian is equivalent to the teleparallel theory

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Roh Suan Tung*
Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom

James M. Nester
Department of Physics and Center for Complex Systems, National Central University, Chungli 320, Taiwan, Republic of China

Received 8 September 1998; published 17 June 1999

The quadratic spinor Lagrangian is shown to be equivalent to the teleparallel-tetrad representation of Einstein’s theory. An important consequence is that the energy-momentum density obtained from this quadratic spinor Lagrangian is essentially the same as the “tensor” proposed by Møller.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.60.021501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.60.021501
PACS:
04.20.Fy, 04.20.Cv

*Electronic address: r.tung@lancaster.ac.uk

Electronic address: nester@joule.phy.ncu.edu.tw