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Emergent gravity and the quantum

Theoretical Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, 4401, University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

E-mail Address: saurya.das@uleth.ca

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Sourav Sur

Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007, India

E-mail Address: sourav.sur@gmail.com

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S021827182142030XCited by:6 (Source: Crossref)

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SPECIAL ISSUE: Selected Essays from the Annual Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation 2021
Editor: D. V. Ahluwalia

Abstract

In this essay, we show that if one starts with a universe with some matter and a cosmological constant, then quantum mechanics naturally induces an attractive gravitational potential and an effective Newton’s coupling. Thus, gravity is an emergent phenomenon and what should be quantized are the fundamental degrees of freedom from which it emerges.

This essay received an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

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