SPACETIME AS A DEFORMABLE SOLID

DOI10.1142/S0217732309028862zbMATH Open1170.83327arXiv0705.4120OpenAlexW2963671874WikidataQ125884531 ScholiaQ125884531MaRDI QIDQ3397807FDOQ3397807

Authors: M. O. Tahim, R. R. Landim, Carlos A. S. Almeida 

Publication date: 25 September 2009

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this letter we discuss the possibility of treating the spacetime by itself as a kind of deformable body for which we can define an fundamental lattice, just like atoms in crystal lattices. We show three signs pointing in that direction. We simulate the spacetime manifold by a very specific congruence of curves and use the Landau-Raychadhuri equation to study the behavior of such a congruence. The lattice appears because we are forced to associate to each curve of the congruence a sort of fundamental "particle". The world-lines of these particles should be identified with the congruence fulfilling the spacetime manifold. The conclusion is that when describing the deformations of the spacetime the Einstein equations emerge and the spacetime metric should be treated as a secondary (not fundamental) object of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.4120

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zbMATH Keywords

Einstein gravityLandau--Raychadhuri equationspacetime model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Cites Work

• Thermodynamics of Spacetime: The Einstein Equation of State
• General Relativity
• Relativistic Cosmology. I

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