On the effects of torsion in three-dimensional Einstein-Cartan gravity

Speakers: Lucrezia Ravera (Politecnico di Torino)

I will discuss the role of spacetime torsion, in Einstein-Cartanformalism, as a natural, geometric way to couple gravity to matter.Then, I will present new geometries, in three spacetime dimensions,which involve a peculiar interplay between the vector and the singletirreducible components of the torsion which feature a formal analogywith the equation for a Beltrami fluid.

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