Torsion mass generation induced by Einstein–Cartan gravity with a Barbero–Immirzi Higgs field analogue
Abstract
Abstract It is well known that torsion waves in teleparallel Einstein gravity may induce gravitational waves (GWs). In this paper we show that a modification to Holst gravity induces low-frequency torsion waves of torsional frequency $$\sim {10^{12}Hz}= 1THz$$ ∼ 10 12 H z = 1 T H z as GWs sourced from astrophysical black holes. Of course, since here we use the almost Riemann-flat manifold approximation, there are no Riemannian GWs as in teleparallel spacetime but only torsionful gravitational waves. This result in Holst gravity allows us to determine an upper bound for the Barbero–Immirzi (BI) parameter as $$\gamma
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The European Physical Journal C
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 3
- Publication date
- 31 March 2026
- Language
- EN