Currently, the General Theory of Relativity (GTR) describes the physics of the very large in terms of classical physics, while quantum theory describes the physics of the very small in terms of the Standard Model of particle physics. Unfortunately, the two theories are incompatible and do not describe satisfactorily all the forces between the various particles comprising ordinary matter. At present, one of the deepest problems in theoretical physics is harmonizing the GTR, which describes gravitation, with quantum mechanics, which describes the other three fundamental forces acting on the atomic scale. The main aim of the book is to provide an understanding of gravity in terms of a quantum theory given by the Generation Model of particle physics. The book presents a fully quantum theory of gravity, which describes both the large cosmological scale and the small atomic scale interactions between all particles.
Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Enigma of Gravity
- Era of Classical Physics
- Era of Transitional Physics
- Era of Modern Physics
- Standard Model of Particle Physics
- Generation Model of Particle Physics
- Origin of Mass
- Gravity
- The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Problem
- Mixed-Quark States in Hadrons
- Electroweak Connection
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Readership: Students and researchers in theoretical physics.
Key Features:
- The book describes the first fully quantum theory of gravity
- The Generation Model of particle physics provides for the first time a unified origin of mass, which solves the cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry problem
- The new universal quantum theory of gravity provides an understanding of dark matter and dark energy in terms of gravitational effects
