Torsion and the cosmological constant problem

dc.contributor.author	de Sabbata, V
dc.contributor.author	Sivaram, C
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-22T11:44:39Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-22T11:44:39Z
dc.date.issued	1990-03
dc.identifier.citation	Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 165, No. 1, pp. 51 - 55	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004-640X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3759
dc.description.abstract	A promising possibility which has yet to be considered with a view to furthering understanding of the cosmological constant problem is the use of torsion in a framework such as that of Einstein-Cartan theory: as would be natural in considering the gravitational contributions of particles with spin. It is presently shown that the recently suggested energy-dependent torsion-coupling constant can make the spin contributions of matter sources sufficiently large to cancel the cosmological constant term at all stages of the early universe, from the Plank epoch onward.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.springerlink.com/content/k5l845n17x765t36/	en
dc.subject	Computational Astrophysics	en
dc.subject	Cosmology	en
dc.subject	Plancks Constant	en
dc.subject	Rotating Matter	en
dc.subject	Torsion	en
dc.subject	Universe	en
dc.subject	Einstein Equations	en
dc.subject	Gravitational Effects	en
dc.subject	Relativity	en
dc.subject	Spin Dynamics	en
dc.title	Torsion and the cosmological constant problem	en
dc.type	Article	en