Physics:World crystal

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Short description: Theoretical model of gravity

In physics, world crystal is a theoretical model of spacetime consistent with general relativity but based on a lattice with the dimensions of the Planck length. Defects in the crystal cause the curvature effects of mass-energy on spacetime. Proposed[1] by Hagen Kleinert, it provides an alternative understanding of gravity and an alternative to the extra-dimensional concepts of string theory.[2]

Overview

The world crystal model is an alternative which exploits the fact that crystals with defects have the same non-Euclidean geometry as spaces with curvature and torsion.[3] Thus the world crystal represents a model for emergent or induced gravity in an Einstein–Cartan theory of gravitation (which embraces Einstein's theory of General Relativity).[4] The model illustrates that the world may have, at Planck distances, quite different properties from those predicted by string theorists.[2] In this model, matter creates defects in spacetime which generate curvature and all the effects of general relativity.[5]

The existence of a shortest length at the Planck level has interesting consequences for quantum physics at ultrahigh energies. For example, the uncertainty relation will be modified.[6] The world crystal implies specific modifications.[7]

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References

  1. H. Kleinert (1987). "Gravity as Theory of Defects in a Crystal with Only Second-Gradient Elasticity". Annalen der Physik 44 (2): 117. doi:10.1002/andp.19874990206. Bibcode1987AnP...499..117K. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kleinert, Hagen (June 2016). "Chapter 11: World Crystal Model of Gravity". in Licata, Ignazio (in en). Beyond Peaceful Coexistence. IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS. pp. 299–306. doi:10.1142/9781783268320_0012. ISBN 978-1-78326-831-3. http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9781783268320_0012. 
  3. Hagen Kleinert (2000). "Nonholonomic Mapping Principle for Classical and Quantum Mechanics in Spaces with Curvature and Torsion". General Relativity and Gravitation 32: 769–839. doi:10.1023/A:1001962922592. ISSN 0001-7701. 
  4. Abdel Nasser Tawfik; Eiman Abou El Dahab (2015). "Corrections to entropy and thermodynamics of charged black hole using generalized uncertainty principle". International Journal of Modern Physics A 30. doi:10.1142/S0217751X1550030X. 
  5. Danielewski, M. (2007). "The Planck-Kleinert Crystal". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A 62 (1–2): 56. doi:10.1515/zna-2007-10-1102. Bibcode2007ZNatA..62...56M. http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/papers/planckklcZN.pdf. 
  6. Magueijo, J.; Smolin, L. (2003). "Generalized Lorentz invariance with an invariant energy scale". Physical Review D 67 (4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.044017. Bibcode2003PhRvD..67d4017M. 
  7. Jizba, P.; Kleinert, H.; Scardigli, F. (2010). "Uncertainty Relation on World Crystal and its Applications to Micro Black Holes". Physical Review D 81 (8). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084030. Bibcode2010PhRvD..81h4030J. 

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