• Bianchi type cosmological models in f(T) tele-parallel gravity 

      van den Hoogen, Robert; Coley, Alan; McNutt, David Duncan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)
      Symmetry assumptions on the geometrical framework have provided successful mechanisms to develop physically meaningful solutions to many problems. In tele-parallel gravity, invariance of the frame and spin-connection under a group of motions defines an affine symmetry group. Here, we assume there exists a three-dimensional group of affine symmetries acting simply transitively on a spatial hypersurface ...
    • Differential invariants of Kundt waves 

      Kruglikov, Boris; McNutt, David Duncan; Schneider, Eivind (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-17)
      Kundt waves belong to the class of spacetimes which are not distinguished by their scalar curvature invariants. We address the equivalence problem for the metrics in this class via scalar differential invariants with respect to the equivalence pseudo-group of the problem. We compute and finitely represent the algebra of those on the generic stratum and also specify the behavior for vacuum Kundt ...
    • A frame based approach to computing symmetries with non-trivial isotropy groups 

      McNutt, David Duncan; Coley, A.A.; Van Den Hoogen, Den (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-24)
      A frame approach to determining the most general solution admitting a desired symmetry group has previously been examined in Riemannian and teleparallel geometries with some success. In teleparallel geometries, one must determine the general form of the frame and spin connection to generate a general solution admitting the desired symmetry group. Current approaches often rely on the use of the ...
    • Generalized Teleparallel de Sitter geometries 

      Coley, Alan; Landry, Alexandre; van den Hoogen, Robert; McNutt, David Duncan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-30)
      Theories of gravity based on teleparallel geometries are characterized by the torsion, which is a function of the coframe, derivatives of the coframe, and a zero curvature and metric compatible spin-connection. The appropriate notion of a symmetry in a teleparallel geometry is that of an affine symmetry. Due to the importance of the de Sitter geometry and Einstein spaces within General Relativity, ...
    • A Heterotic Kodaira--Spencer Theory at One-Loop 

      Ashmore, Anthony; Murgas Ibarra, Javier Jose; McNutt, David Duncan; Strickland-Constable, Charles; Svanes, Eirik Eik; Tennyson, David; Winje, Sander (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-23)
      We consider a heterotic version of six-dimensional Kodaira-Spencer gravity derived from the heterotic superpotential. We compute the one-loop partition function and fnd it can be expressed as a product of holomorphic Ray-Singer torsions. We discuss its topological properties and potential gauge and gravitational anomalies. We show these anomalies can be cancelled using Green-Schwarz-like ...