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The emergence of 3+1D Einstein gravity from topological gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-04-11 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Quantum field theory successfully explains the origin of all fundamental forces except gravity due to the renormalizability problem. In this paper, we proposed a topological scenario to understand this puzzle. First, we proposed a 3+13+1D topological (quantum) gravity theory which is renormalizable, and it can be regarded as a straightforward generalization of Edward Witten's Chern-Simons theory approach to 2+12+1D topological gravity. Then, we showed that the (vacuum) Einstein-Cartan equation and classical space-time naturally emerge from topological (quantum) gravity via loop condensation. The second step is a unique feature in 3+13+1D and it might even naturally explain why our space-time is four dimensional.

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@article{arxiv.1709.09806,
  title  = {The emergence of 3+1D Einstein gravity from topological gravity},
  author = {Zheng-Cheng Gu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.09806},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

5 pages, added references and modified the noncommutative geometry part