On the Possibility of a Poincaré Gauge Theory as an Averaged Theory of Gravity
Behrend, Juliane (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University )

Despite the effort that has been devoted to the averaging problem of general relativity, it still remains unresolved. The reason might be that the framework of general relativity is too restrictive to take account of the averaging effects. In this talk I want to discuss a novel approach to the problem which starts from the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR) and in which the averaged theory is described as a Poincré gauge theory. This will be illustrated with an example of cosmological relevance.