Weatherall, James Owen (2025) On (Some) Gauge Theories of Gravity. [Preprint]

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Abstract

I consider the sense in which teleparallel gravity and symmetric teleparallel gravity may be understood as gauge theories of gravity. I first argue that both theories have surplus structure. I then consider the relationship between Yang-Mills theory and Poincare Gauge Theory and argue that though these use similar formalisms, there are subtle disanalogies in their interpretation.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Weatherall, James Owen weatherj@uci.edu 0000-0003-1461-7821
Additional Information:	Presented as part of the Symposium "The Philosophy of the Geometric Trinity of Gravity" at PSA 2025
Keywords:	general relativity, teleparallel gravity, symmetric teleparallel gravity, Poincare gauge theory
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	James Owen Weatherall
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2025 14:20
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2025 14:20
Item ID:	25017
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25017

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