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We consider general relativity with a cosmological constant as a perturbative expansion around a completely solvable diffeomorphism invariant field theory. This theory is the $\Lambda\to\infty$ limit of general relativity. This allows an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Pullin

With appropriate boundary conditions the anisotropic $XY$ chain in a magnetic field is known to be invariant under quantum group transformations. We generalize this model defining a class of integrable chains with several fermionic degrees…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Haye Hinrichsen

For each quadratic form Q in Quad(V) over a given vector space over a field R we have the Clifford algebra Cl(V,Q) defined as the quotient T(V)/I(Q) of the tensor algebra T(V) over the two-sided ideal generated by expressions of the form $x…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Arkadiusz Jadczyk

Recently a scale invariant theory of gravity was constructed by imposing a conformal symmetry on general relativity. The imposition of this symmetry changed the configuration space from superspace - the space of all Riemannian 3-metrics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Bryan Kelleher

There are a wide variety of different vector formalisms currently utilized in engineering and physics. For example, Gibbs' three-vectors, Minkowski four-vectors, complex spinors in quantum mechanics, quaternions used to describe rigid body…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-04-25 James M. Chappell , Azhar Iqbal , John G. Hartnett , Derek Abbott

This a book is for those who would like to learn something about special and general relativity beyond the usual textbooks, about quantum field theory, the elegant Fock-Schwinger-Stueckelberg proper time formalism, the elegant description…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Matej Pavsic

The issue of the transformations of units is treated, mainly, in a geometrical context. It is shown that Weyl-integrable geometry is a consistent framework for the formulation of the gravitational laws since the basic law on which this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Israel Quiros

A quantization of field theory based on the DeDonder-Weyl covariant Hamiltonian formulation is discussed. A hypercomplex extension of quantum mechanics, in which the space-time Clifford algebra replaces that of the complex numbers, appears…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 I. V. Kanatchikov

We demonstrate the emergence of the conformal group SO(4,2) from the Clifford algebra of spacetime. The latter algebra is a manifold, called Clifford space, which is assumed to be the arena in which physics takes place. A Clifford space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Castro , M. Pavsic

We develop a purely quantum theory based on the novel principle of relativity, termed the quantum principle of relativity, instead of directly applying the diffeomorphism invariance. We demonstrate that the essence of the principle can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Jinsu Kim , Dongok Kim

This paper challenges some of the common assumptions underlying the mathematics used to describe the physical world. We start by reviewing many of the assumptions underlying the concepts of real, physical, rigid bodies and the translational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-05-06 Philip H. Butler , Niels G. Gresnigt , Peter F. Renaud

An alternative, pedagogically simpler derivation of the allowed physical wave fronts of a propagating electromagnetic signal is presented using geometric algebra. Maxwell's equations can be expressed in a single multivector equation using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 William M. Pezzaglia

Multivector quantum mechanics utilizes wavefunctions which are Clifford aggregates (e.g. sum of scalar, vector, bivector). This is equivalent to multi- spinors constructed of Dirac matrices, with the representation independent form of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 William Pezzaglia , Alfred Differ

Double coverings of the orthogonal groups of the real and complex spaces are considered. The relation between discrete transformations of these spaces and fundamental automorphisms of Clifford algebras is established, where an isomorphism…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vadim V. Varlamov

The gauge symmetry of classical general relativity under space-time diffeomorphisms implies that any path integral quantization which can be interpreted as a sum over space-time geometries, gives rise to a formal invariant of smooth…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hendryk Pfeiffer

We study the problem of the existence of a local quantum scalar field theory in a general affine metric space that in the semiclassical approximation would lead to the autoparallel motion of wave packets, thus providing a deviation of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Christian Maulbetsch , Sergei V. Shabanov

The aim of the current paper is to study the multiscalar-tensor theories of gravity without derivative couplings. We construct a few basic objects that are invariant under a Weyl rescaling of the metric and transform covariantly when the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-25 Piret Kuusk , Laur Jarv , Ott Vilson

If the diffeomorphism symmetry of general relativity is fully implemented into a path integral quantum theory, the path integral leads to a partition function which is an invariant of smooth manifolds. We comment on the physical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Hendryk Pfeiffer

We deform the standard four dimensional $\N=1$ superspace by making the odd coordinates $\theta$ not anticommuting, but satisfying a Clifford algebra. Consistency determines the other commutation relations of the coordinates. In particular,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Nathan Seiberg

The transition from a classical to quantum theory is investigated within the context of orthogonal and symplectic Clifford algebras, first for particles, and then for fields. It is shown that the generators of Clifford algebras have the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-04-13 Matej Pavšič