Obukhov, Y. N.Pereira, J. G.2014-05-202014-05-202003-02-15Physical Review D. College Pk: American Physical Soc, v. 67, n. 4, 17 p., 2003.0556-2821http://hdl.handle.net/11449/23911The teleparallel gravity theory, treated physically as a gauge theory of translations, naturally represents a particular case of the most general gauge-theoretic model based on the general affine group of spacetime. on the other hand, geometrically, the Weitzenbock spacetime of distant parallelism is a particular case of the general metric-affine spacetime manifold. These physical and geometrical facts offer a new approach to teleparallelism. We present a systematic treatment of teleparallel gravity within the framework of the metric-affine theory. The symmetries, conservation laws and the field equations are consistently derived, and the physical consequences are discussed in detail. We demonstrate that the so-called teleparallel GR-equivalent model has a number of attractive features which distinguishes it among the general teleparallel theories, although it has a consistency problem when dealing with spinning matter sources.17engArtigo10.1103/PhysRevD.67.044016WOS:000181443000045Acesso abertoWOS000181443000045.pdf1599966126072450