Prediction of a finite bare electrical charge from quantum gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In the spirit of general relativity, spacetime should become curved due to the presence of a particle of a given mass and charge, We try to understand this fact in the quantum theory of a thin shell of matter. It leads to a generalization of the potential energy of the shell in the semiclassical highest dominant order of Planck mass. Rather surprisingly, the quantization of charge is obtained as a consequence of the existence of bound states and the quantum of the squared bare electrical charge is
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9712060,
title = {Prediction of a finite bare electrical charge from quantum gravity},
author = {Jose-Luis Rosales},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9712060},
year = {2007}
}