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New Weyl theory: Geometrization of electromagnetism and gravitation: Motivations and classical results

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A geometrical unified field theory of electromagnetism and gravitation is developed in a Weyl space-time. The integrability conditions of the field equations cast the laws of classical perfect fluids under electromagnetic interactions. The purely gravitational limit of the theory is Einstein's General Relativity and the purely electromagnetic case coincides with the predictions of Maxwell's theory.

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  1. Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina

    Jorge Pullin & Oscar Bressan

  2. Centro Atomico Bariloche, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina

    Oscar Bressan

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Pullin, J., Bressan, O. New Weyl theory: Geometrization of electromagnetism and gravitation: Motivations and classical results. Gen Relat Gravit 19, 601–610 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762556

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