BIRKHOFF THEOREM FOR AN R+R2 THEORY OF GRAVITY WITH TORSION Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We investigate the gravitational Lagrangian LG=(c416G)R-(a c16G)a RAR, where the curvatures are computed from a metric-compatible connection with torsion. We prove that the Schwarzschild metric and its torsion-free connection constitute the unique O(3) spherically symmetric (including reflections) solution to the vacuum field equations of LG. 1979 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW D

author list (cited authors)

  • RAMASWAMY, S., & YASSKIN, P. B.

citation count

  • 38

complete list of authors

  • RAMASWAMY, S||YASSKIN, PB

publication date

  • April 1979