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We consider the relativistic scattering of unequal-mass scalar particles through graviton exchange in the small-angle high-energy regime. We show the self-consistency of expansion around the eikonal limit and compute the scattering…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-24 Ratindranath Akhoury , Ryo Saotome , George Sterman

There is a review of the physical theories needing Dirac-Bergmann theory of constraints at the Hamiltonian level due to the existence of gauge symmetries. It contains: i) the treatment of systems of point particles in special relativity…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-02-27 Luca Lusanna

Gravity and general relativity are considered as an Effective Field Theory at low energies and macroscopic distances. The effective action of the conformal anomaly of light or massless quantum fields has significant effects on macroscopic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-20 Emil Mottola

We study the corrections to the fine-structure constant from the generalized uncertainty principle in the spacetime of a domain wall. We also calculate the corrections to the standard formula to the energy of the electron in the hydrogen…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-20 Luigi Tedesco

A modified theory of gravity with the function $F(R) = R\exp(\alpha R)$ instead of Ricci scalar $R$ in the Einstein$-$Hilbert action is considered and analyzed. The action of the model is converted into Einstein$-$Hilbert action at small…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-30 S. I. Kruglov

An additional variation of the Einstein-Hilbert action with respect to the Planck mass provides a constraint on the average Ricci scalar that prevents vacuum energy from gravitating. Consideration of the evolution of the inhomogeneous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-18 Lucas Lombriser

We consider the deformation of the Schwarzschild solution in general relativity due to spherically symmetric quantum fluctuations of the metric and the matter fields. In this case, the 4D theory of gravity with Einstein action reduces to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 D. I. Kazakov , S. N. Solodukhin

The scope of this paper is twofold. First, we derive rigorously a low-velocity and Galilei-covariant limit of the gravitoelectromagnetic (GEM) equations. Subsequently, these reduced GEM equations are coupled to the Schr\"odinger equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 Giovanni Manfredi

Our goal is to interpret the energy equation from Doubly Special Relativity (DSR) of Magueijo-Smolin with an invariant Planck energy scale in order to obtain the speed of light with an explicit dependence on the background temperature of…

General Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Claudio Nassif , A. C. Amaro de Faria

Global topological defects described by real scalar field in (3,1) dimensions coupled to gravity are analyzed. We consider a class of scalar potentials with explicit dependence with distance, evading Derrick's theorem and leading to defects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Bazeia , C. Furtado , A. R. Gomes

We suggest discovery targets for the Higgs boson, dark matter, and quantum gravity mass scales, motivated by the Dirac equation for the electron in deSitter space, and a sixth-order constraint between the electron QED parameters and the…

General Physics · Physics 2010-11-09 James R. Bogan

Starting from the revelation of the nature of inertial forces, this article discusses the subdivision of the basic physical concept of space-time and raises questions about the metric of standard cosmology. A new form of particle dynamics…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-25 ChiYi Chen

If the presence of a gravitational field breaks the Lorentz symmetry valid for special relativity, an "absolute motion" might be detectable. We summarize a scalar theory of gravity with a such "ether", which starts from a tentative…

General Physics · Physics 2011-12-09 Mayeul Arminjon

Strongly coupled gravitational systems describe Einstein gravity and matter in the limit that Newton's constant G is assumed to be very large. The nonlinear evolution of these systems may be solved analytically in the classical and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 D. S. Salopek

The gravitational couplings of intrinsic spin are briefly reviewed. A consequence of the Dirac equation in the exterior gravitational field of a rotating mass is considered in detail, namely, the difference in the energy of a spin-1/2…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Bahram Mashhoon

Fermions are coupled to the Einstein-Cartan system in the canonical formulation, including the cosmological, the Barbero-Immirzi, and the non-minimal coupling constants. The resulting ten first-class constraints generate gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 Erick I. Duque

We study the cosmological and weak-field properties of theories of gravity derived by extending general relativity by means of a Lagrangian proportional to $R^{1+\delta}$. This scale-free extension reduces to general relativity when $\delta…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-11 Timothy Clifton , John D. Barrow

We rewrite the Klein-Gordon (KG) equation in an arbitrary space-time transforming it into a generalized Schr\"odinger equation. Then we take the weak field limit and show that this equation has some differences with the traditional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-30 Omar Gallegos , Tonatiuh Matos

Understanding the observations of dynamical tracers and the trajectories of lensed photons at galactic scales within the context of General Relativity (GR), requires the introduction of a hypothetical dark matter dominant component. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-28 X. Hernandez , R. A. Sussman , L. Nasser

In this paper, we investigate the Stark effect in the hydrogen atom under an external electric field, incorporating relativistic generalized uncertainty principle (RGUP) corrections within Minkowskian spacetime and calculate the upper bound…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-20 Gaurav Bhandari , S. D. Pathak