An interacting geometry model and induced gravity

DOI10.1007/BF00759074MaRDI QIDQ1118189zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. O. Mazur, V. P. Nair

Publication date 1989

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9612135

zbMATH Keywords

interactionsinstantonsquantum gravityenergy-momentum tensorcohomology grouptopological excitationscobordism theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Differential topology (57R99) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: We propose the theory of quantum gravity with interactions introduced by topological principle. The fundamental property of such a theory is that its energy-momentum tensor is an BRST anticommutator. Physical states are elements of BRST cohomology group. The model with only topological excitations, introduced recently by Witten is discussed from the point of view of induced gravity program. We find that the mass scale is induced dynamically by gravitational instantons. The low energy effective theory has gravitons, which occur as the collective excitations of geometry, when the metric becomes dynamical. Applications of cobordism theory to QG are discussed.

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