An Improved Framework for Quantum Gravity
General relativity has two fundamental problems that render it unsuitable for tackling the gravitational field’s quantization. The first problem is the lack of a genuine gravitational variable representing gravitation only, inertial forces apart. The second problem is its incompatibility with quantu...
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| author | José G. Pereira Diego F. López |
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| description | General relativity has two fundamental problems that render it unsuitable for tackling the gravitational field’s quantization. The first problem is the lack of a genuine gravitational variable representing gravitation only, inertial forces apart. The second problem is its incompatibility with quantum mechanics, a problem inherited from the more fundamental conflict of special relativity with quantum mechanics. A procedure to overcome these difficulties is outlined, which amounts to replacing general relativity with its teleparallel equivalent and the Poincaré-invariant special relativity with the de Sitter-invariant special relativity. Those replacements give rise to the de Sitter-modified teleparallel gravity, which does not have the two mentioned problems. It can thus be considered an improved alternative approach to quantum gravity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e153ec4bd2ae4a71bd9aaac63b662bfc2025-08-19T22:31:39ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972020-12-0161224310.3390/universe6120243An Improved Framework for Quantum GravityJosé G. Pereira0Diego F. López1Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Paulo 01140-070, BrazilDepartamento de Ciencias, Fundación Liceo Inglés (FLI), Pereira 66009x, ColombiaGeneral relativity has two fundamental problems that render it unsuitable for tackling the gravitational field’s quantization. The first problem is the lack of a genuine gravitational variable representing gravitation only, inertial forces apart. The second problem is its incompatibility with quantum mechanics, a problem inherited from the more fundamental conflict of special relativity with quantum mechanics. A procedure to overcome these difficulties is outlined, which amounts to replacing general relativity with its teleparallel equivalent and the Poincaré-invariant special relativity with the de Sitter-invariant special relativity. Those replacements give rise to the de Sitter-modified teleparallel gravity, which does not have the two mentioned problems. It can thus be considered an improved alternative approach to quantum gravity.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/6/12/243teleparallel gravityde Sitter special relativityquantum gravity |
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| title | An Improved Framework for Quantum Gravity |
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| title_short | An Improved Framework for Quantum Gravity |
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| topic | teleparallel gravity de Sitter special relativity quantum gravity |
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