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

Technical Report · Mon Nov 30 23:00:00 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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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