A comment on the geometry of some scalar-tensor theories
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A comment on the geometry of some scalar-tensor theories
zbMATH Open document ID: 0588.53053
DOI: 10.1007/BF00770204
published in: General Relativity and Gravitation
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: We show that the scalar field in scalar-tensor theories such as the Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory has an interpretation as a potential for the torsion in a Riemannian manifold. The relation is similar to that of the metric to the connection.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53B50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83D05
zbMATH DE Number: 3944761
zbMATH Keywords: scalar-tensor theories
zbMATH Keywords: Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory
zbMATH Keywords: potential for the torsion
author: Ulf Lindström
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q5849607
cites work: A Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravitation in a Modified Riemannian Manifold
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00770204
OpenAlex ID: W1640636365
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