Field theory as free fall

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/6/009MaRDI QIDQ4886900zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Greensite

Publication date 24 February 1997

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9508033

zbMATH Keywords

canonical formulation of general relativityclassical equations of motiongeodesic equation in superspacegravity coupled to bosonic fieldsquantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: It is shown that the classical field equations pertaining to gravity coupled to other bosonic fields are equivalent to a single geodesic equation, describing the free fall of a point particle in superspace. Some implications for quantum gravity are discussed.

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