An Improved Framework for Quantum Gravity
| Autor: | Pereira, J. G., López, D. F. |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: | |
| Zdroj: | Universe 6 (2020) 243 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.3390/universe6120243 |
| Popis: | General relativity has two fundamental problems that render it unsuitable for tackling the gravitational field's quantization. The first problem is the lack of a genuine gravitational variable representing gravitation only, inertial forces apart. The second problem is its incompatibility with quantum mechanics, a problem inherited from the more fundamental conflict of special relativity with quantum mechanics. A procedure to overcome these difficulties is outlined, which amounts to replacing general relativity with its teleparallel equivalent and the Poincar\'e-invariant special relativity with the de Sitter-invariant special relativity. Those replacements give rise to the de Sitter-modified teleparallel gravity, which does not have the two mentioned problems. It can thus be considered an improved alternative approach to quantum gravity. Comment: 15 pages, no figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
| Externí odkaz: |
|