How General Relativity and Lorentz Covariance Arise from the Spatially Covariant Effective Field Theory of the Transverse, Traceless Graviton

Autor:	Khoury, Justin, Miller, Godfrey E. J., Tolley, Andrew J.
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1142/S0218271814420127
Popis:	Traditional derivations of general relativity from the graviton degrees of freedom assume space-time Lorentz covariance as an axiom. In this essay, we survey recent evidence that general relativity is the unique spatially-covariant effective field theory of the transverse, traceless graviton degrees of freedom. The Lorentz covariance of general relativity, having not been assumed in our analysis, is thus plausibly interpreted as an accidental or emergent symmetry of the gravitational sector. From this point of view, Lorentz covariance is a necessary feature of low-energy graviton dynamics, not a property of space-time. This result has revolutionary implications for fundamental physics. Comment: Essay received honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation 2014 essay competition. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1305.0822
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.5219 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv