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C. J. L. Doran, A. N. Lasenby and S. F. Gull.
Gravity as a Gauge Theory in the Spacetime Algebra
In F. Brackx and R. Delanghe, editors, Clifford Algebras and
their Applications in Mathematical Physics. Deinze 1993 (Kluwer
Academic, Dordrecht, 1993), p. 375-385.
Abstract: We outline a theory of gravitational interactions
utilising the spacetime algebra - the geometric algebra of spacetime.
The theory arises by demanding invariance under active Poincaré
transformations. Making this symmetry local results in a first-order
theory with 40 degrees of freedom. The matter-free field equations
are presented, and are solved for radially-symmetric static fields.
We discuss the behaviour of point particles under the fields described
by these solutions, and compare and contrast the results with those
of general relativity.
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