55 research outputs found
On Unification of Gravity and Gauge Interactions
Considering a higher dimensional Lorentz group as the tangent symmetry, we
unify gravity and gauge interactions in a natural way. The spin connection of
the gauged Lorentz group is then responsible for both gravity and gauge fields,
and the action for the gauged fields becomes part of the spin curvature
squared. The realistic group which unifies all known particles and interactions
is the Lorentz group whose gauge part leads to grand
unified theory and contains double the number of required fermions in the
fundamental spinor representation. Mirror fermions could acquire mass utilizing
a mechanism employed for topological superconductors. Family unification could
be achieved by considering the Lorentz group.Comment: 17 pages. Mirror fermions now acquire masses utilizing a mechanism
employed for topological superconductor
Hidden Ghost in Massive gravity
The Hessian's determinant for a version of massive gravity given by an
infinite expansion of a square root function of the induced metric, vanishes.
We show that it allows us to eliminate one of four scalar fields used to
generate the graviton mass. This, however, gives rise to the appearance of
extra terms in the action with the squared time derivative of the metric, thus
signaling that a nonlinear ghost survives.We demonstrate this phenomenon
considering a simple system with constraint, which is supposed to reduces the
number of physical degrees of freedom, however, we explicitly show how the
constraint forces the metric to propagate an extra tachyonic state.Comment: 17 page
Mimetic Dark Matter
We reformulate Einstein's theory of gravity, isolating the conformal degree
of freedom in a covariant way. This is done by introducing a physical metric
defined in terms of an auxiliary metric and a scalar field appearing through
its first derivatives. The resulting equations of motion split into a traceless
equation obtained through variation with respect to the auxiliary metric and an
additional differential equation for the trace part. As a result the conformal
degree of freedom becomes dynamical even in the absence of matter. We show that
this extra degree of freedom can mimic cold dark matter.Comment: 5 page
Quantum Cosmological Perturbations: Predictions and Observations
I consider the generic model independent predictions of the theory of quantum
cosmological perturbations. To describe the stage of cosmic inflation, where
these perturbations are amplified, the hydrodynamical approch is used. The
inflationary stage is completely characterized by the deviation of the equation
of state from cosmological constant which is a smooth function of the number of
e-folds until the end of inflation. It is shown that in this case the spectral
index should deviate from the flat one at least by 3 percent irrespective of
any particular scenario. Given the value of the spectral index the lower bound
on the amount of the gravitational waves produced is derived. Finally the
relation between effective hydrodynamical description of inflation and
inflationary scenarios is discussed
Who Ordered the Anti-de Sitter Tangent Group?
General relativity can be unambiguously formulated with Lorentz, de Sitter
and anti-de Sitter tangent groups, which determine the fermionic
representations. We show that besides of the Lorentz group only anti-de Sitter
tangent group is consistent with all physical requirements.Comment: 6 page
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