Unification through Generalised Proper Time: The Short Story

2020/10/28 by D. J. Jackson, Jackson, David J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2011.01765

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Abstract

The central arguments for a generalised form of proper time as the basis for a unified theory, accounting for the Standard Model of particle physics and encompassing all four forces of nature including a consistent `quantum gravity', are presented. After first outlining a set of criteria to be ideally met by any proposal for a comprehensive unification scheme we describe the extent to which a theory based on generalised proper time satisfies these objectives. In comparison with other approaches we also discuss the change in perspective regarding the relations between space, time and matter associated with this theory.

Citations

• Unification in One Dimension
• Construction of a Kaluza-Klein type Theory from One Dimension
• The Structure of Matter in Spacetime from the Substructure of Time
• Quantum Gravity from the Composition of Spacetime Constructed through Generalised Proper Time

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