Spacetime geometry from Dirac spinor theory
Abstract
The quintet of Dirac 4×4 matrices suggests that the fundamental dimension of the internal (spin) space is n=5, instead of the conventional dimension n=4. Then instead of the conventional 4×4 tetrads (vierbein), gravity is described in terms of the 5-bein (fünfbein or five legs). We discuss the properties of the spacetime geometry induced from this 5-leg Dirac spinor theory, where the spin connection contains 10×4=40 elements instead of 24 elements in the tetrad formulation of the general relativity theory.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- March 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2402.11593
- Bibcode:
- 2024PhRvD.109f4076O
- Keywords:
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- General relativity;
- alternative theories of gravity;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- Revtex, 6 pages, no figures, minor editing, references added