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A worldline theory for gravity
Mathematical Physics Seminar| Speaker: | Roberto Bonezzi, Humboldt University, Berlin |
| Location: | Zoom |
| Start time: | Fri, May 29 2020, 11:00AM |
It is widely accepted that one of the most satisfactory features of String Theory is to reproduce Einstein's equations (to lowest order in alpha prime) from consistency of the first-quantized string. I will try to show that this feature is not at all peculiar to String Theory. In particular, I will discuss some recent results in the quantization of the N=4 spinning particle coupled to a background metric, Kalb-Ramond field and dilaton. Quantum consistency of the particle is shown to "predict" the field equations for all its backgrounds.
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