Implications of General Covariance and Maximum Four-dimensional {Yang-Mills} Gauge Symmetry

Nov, 1978
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 42 (1979) 934-936,
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 42 (1979) 1720 (erratum)
Report number:
  • PRINT-78-1105 (SOUTHEASTERN-MASS.)

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Abstract: (APS)
General covariance and maxium four-dimensional Yang-Mills gauge symmetry lead to these results: (1) Gravity is characterized by a dimensionless constant F∼10−19; (2) the Newtonian force is always attractive; (3) space-time has a torsion; (4) gravitational spin-force between two protons is about 1019 times stronger than the corresponding Newtonian force. A possible experimental test is discussed.
  • INVARIANCE: LORENTZ
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: FOUR-DIMENSIONAL
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: YANG-MILLS
  • SYMMETRY: SO(4,1)
  • GRAVITATION: FORCE
  • P P: FORCE
  • SPIN: FORCE
  • PROPOSED EXPERIMENT