Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor
Abstract A constraint of vanishing energy-momentum tensor is motivated by a variety of perspectives on quantum gravity. We demonstrate in a concrete example how this constraint leads to a metric-independent theory in which quantum gravity emerges as a nonperturbative artifact of regularization-scale...
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| author | Christopher D. Carone Joshua Erlich Diana Vaman |
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| description | Abstract A constraint of vanishing energy-momentum tensor is motivated by a variety of perspectives on quantum gravity. We demonstrate in a concrete example how this constraint leads to a metric-independent theory in which quantum gravity emerges as a nonperturbative artifact of regularization-scale physics. We analyze a scalar theory similar to the Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) theory with vanishing gauge fields, with the DBI Lagrangian modulated by a scalar potential. In the limit of a large number of scalars, we explicitly demonstrate the existence of a composite massless spin-2 graviton in the spectrum that couples to matter as in Einstein gravity. We comment on the cosmological constant problem and the generalization to theories with fermions and gauge fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02c33b2f302e4c098cd26d74f3b2f8312022-12-21T18:14:51ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792017-03-012017312210.1007/JHEP03(2017)134Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensorChristopher D. Carone0Joshua Erlich1Diana Vaman2High Energy Theory Group, Department of Physics, College of William and MaryHigh Energy Theory Group, Department of Physics, College of William and MaryDepartment of Physics, University of VirginiaAbstract A constraint of vanishing energy-momentum tensor is motivated by a variety of perspectives on quantum gravity. We demonstrate in a concrete example how this constraint leads to a metric-independent theory in which quantum gravity emerges as a nonperturbative artifact of regularization-scale physics. We analyze a scalar theory similar to the Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) theory with vanishing gauge fields, with the DBI Lagrangian modulated by a scalar potential. In the limit of a large number of scalars, we explicitly demonstrate the existence of a composite massless spin-2 graviton in the spectrum that couples to matter as in Einstein gravity. We comment on the cosmological constant problem and the generalization to theories with fermions and gauge fields.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)134Models of Quantum GravityEffective Field Theories |
| spellingShingle | Christopher D. Carone Joshua Erlich Diana Vaman Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor Journal of High Energy Physics Models of Quantum Gravity Effective Field Theories |
| title | Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor |
| title_full | Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor |
| title_fullStr | Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor |
| title_short | Emergent gravity from vanishing energy-momentum tensor |
| title_sort | emergent gravity from vanishing energy momentum tensor |
| topic | Models of Quantum Gravity Effective Field Theories |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)134 |
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