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

by Dr Lucrezia Ravera (Politecnico di Torino)

Monday 27 Nov 2023, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Rome

AULA GRASSANO (https://infn-it.zoom.us/j/82247215673?pwd=em1GRklEYngwMGVBbVVBb2VoL1pvdz09)

I will discuss the role of spacetime torsion, in Einstein-Cartan
formalism, 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 singlet
irreducible components of the torsion which feature a formal analogy
with the equation for a Beltrami fluid.