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A solution of the field equations in the Einstein-Cartan theory, describing a uniform isotropic distribution of spinning dust is obtained. Unlike the interpretations of previous authors, the resulting cosmological solution of this theory supports a chaotically disoriented distribution of particle spins. Further, nonzero square spin density terms remain after averaging (twisting). The analogy between the cosmological twisting of space-time and the Einstein Λ-term is discussed. The solution can be matched to an external metric of the Robertson-Walker type.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp, 32–35, September, 1982.
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Nurgaliev, I.S., Ponomarev, V.N. Cosmological term and twisting of space-time. Soviet Physics Journal 25, 796–798 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892392
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892392