String Origins
高能物理 - 理论
2007-05-23 v2
摘要
It is shown that the string concept results naturally from considerations of gravitation. This paper describes a derivation of linearized general relativity based upon the hypotheses of special covariance and the existence of a gravitational potential. The gravitational field possesses gauge invariance given by a second-order covariant derivative defining an associated differential geometry. The concepts of parallelism and parallel transport lead to string-like constructions.
引用
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0601083,
title = {String Origins},
author = {Richard Atkins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0601083},
year = {2007}
}
备注
16 pages Explanatory comments have been added for clarity, emphasis and to underscore the fact that the theory of gravitation considered in this paper is linearized general relativity