Burnett, J.;
(2011)
Coframes, spinors and torsion.
Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).
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This thesis is based on five articles, four of which have been published in the Journal of Mathematical Physics, Physical Review D, Modern Physics Letters A and Journal of High Energy Physics. The fifth has been submitted to Mathematika. In these works we study several distinct problems within the broad subject area of Mathematical Physics. The common feature is that all these works deal with rotations of one form or another. In particular, we show an equivalence between the massless and massive Dirac equations and models based on the concept of rotating material points. We also solve an open problem in Einstein-Cartan theory, namely, we find a natural matter source for a non-trivial spin angular momentum tensor. Finally, we construct a complete class of non-standard (non-local) spinor field theories and examine their possible applications in Cosmology.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Coframes, spinors and torsion |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1335617 |
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