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Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory as a String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

It is shown that the new version of nonsymmetric gravitational theory (NGT) corresponds in the linear approximation to linear Einstein gravity theory and antisymmetric field equations with a non-conserved string source current. The Hamiltonian for the antisymmetric field equations is bounded from below and describes the exchange of a spin 1+1^+ massive vector boson between open strings. The non-Riemannian geometrical theory is formulated in terms of a nonsymmetric fundamental tensor gμνg_{\mu\nu}. The weak field limit, g[μν]0g_{[\mu\nu]}\rightarrow 0, associated with large distance scales, corresponds to the limit to a confinement region at low energies described by an effective Yukawa potential at galactic distance scales. The limit to this low-energy confinement region is expected to be singular and non-perturbative. The NGT string theory predicts that there are no black hole event horizons associated with infinite red shift null surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9512018,
  title  = {Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory as a String Theory},
  author = {J. W. Moffat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9512018},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages. RevTex file. No figures

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