Torsion as a dynamic degree of freedom of quantum gravity
Abstract
The gauge approach to gravity based on the local Lorentz group with a general independent affine connection A_{\mu cd} is developed. We consider SO(1,3) gauge theory with a Lagrangian quadratic in curvature as a simple model of quantum gravity. The torsion is proposed to represent a dynamic degree of freedom of quantum gravity at scales above the Planckian energy. The Einstein-Hilbert theory is induced as an effective theory due to quantum corrections of torsion via generating a stable gravito-magnetic condensate. We conjecture that torsion possesses an intrinsic quantum nature and can be confined. A minimal Abelian projection for the Lorentz gauge model has been constructed, and an effective theory of the cosmic knot at the Planckian scale is proposed.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0604061,
title = {Torsion as a dynamic degree of freedom of quantum gravity},
author = {Sang-Woo Kim and D. G. Pak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0604061},
year = {2008}
}
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13 pages, reduced final version