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51/2006

An essay on the spectral action and its relation to quantum gravity

Mario Paschke

Abstract

We give a brief, critical account of Connes' spectral action principle, its physical motivation, interpretation and its possible relation to a quantum theory of the gravitational field coupled to matter. We then present some speculations concerning the quantization of the spectral action and the perspectives it might offer, most notably the speculation that the standard model, including the gauge groups and some of its free parameters, might be derived from first principles.

Received:
May 17, 2006
Published:
May 17, 2006
MSC Codes:
58B34, 81R60
Keywords:
Noncommutative Geometry, standard model of particle physics, generally covariant quantum theory

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