Emergent physics: Fermi-point scenario
Abstract
The Fermi-point scenario of emergent gravity has the following consequences: gravity emerges together with fermionic and bosonic matter; emergent fermionic matter consists of massless Weyl fermions; emergent bosonic matter consists of gauge fields; Lorentz symmetry persists well above the Planck energy; space-time is naturally 4-dimensional; Universe is naturally flat; cosmological constant is naturally small or zero; underlying physics is based on discrete symmetries; `quantum gravity' cannot be obtained by quantization of Einstein equations; there is no contradiction between quantum mechanics and gravity; etc.
- Publication:
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- August 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rsta.2008.0070
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0801.0724
- Bibcode:
- 2008RSPTA.366.2935V
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, 8 figures, submitted to proceedings of Royal Society scientific discussion meeting "Cosmology meets condensed matter" held on 28 January 2008 in London, references added