Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars
Einstein-Cartan Theory as an Averaged Theory of Gravity
by Prof. Juliane C. Behrend (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( A269 )
at Colaba Campus ( A269 )
TIFR
Description |
In this talk I will show that the construction of a macroscopic theory of gravity for a corpuscular medium along the lines of classical electromagnetism naturally leads to an Einstein - Cartan theory. This theory is assumed to describe the universe on large scales. |