27/11/2023 14:00:00
On the effects of torsion in three-dimensional Einstein-Cartan gravity
Aula Grassano 
SPEAKER
Lucrezia Ravera (Politecnico di Torino)

ABSTRACT
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.