Gravity as a dynamical consequence of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6935347

Zee, A

A coherent and reasonable account of gravitational physics is shown to be possible. The three non-gravitational interactions are described by a scale and conformal invariant and asymptotically free Yang-Mills theory with massless fermions. Conformal invariance is required so that the gravitational sector of the theory is given by the Weyl action. The theory is renormalizable and has a unitary S-matrix. Possible breakdown of causality is observable only at the Planck length. In this theory, Einstein's theory of gravity is induced as an effective long-distance theory. An R/sup 2/ term is also induced with a finite and physically desired sign. (GHT)

• Research Organization: Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-81ER40048
• OSTI ID: 6935347
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40048-82-PT8; ON: DE82020190; TRN: 83-001060
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GRAVITATION
FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS
CAUSALITY
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
FIELD THEORIES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
STRONG INTERACTIONS
WEAK INTERACTIONS
YANG-MILLS THEORY
BASIC INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation