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Spinor Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-02-20 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A unified description of all interactions could be based on a higher-dimensional theory involving only spinor fields. The metric arises as a composite object and the gravitational field equations contain torsion-corrections as compared to Einstein gravity. Lorentz symmetry in spinor space is only global, implying new goldstone-boson-like gravitational particles beyond the graviton. However, the Schwarzschild and Friedman solutions are unaffected at one loop order. Our generalized gravity seems compatible with all present observations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0307109,
  title  = {Spinor Gravity},
  author = {A. Hebecker and C. Wetterich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0307109},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, LaTeX, v3: extended discussion and new references