Lorentz Violation of Quantum Gravity

preprint2010arXivOpen access

Abstract

A quantum gravity theory which becomes renormalizable at short distances due to a spontaneous symmetry breaking of Lorentz invariance and diffeomorphism invariance is studied. A breaking of Lorentz invariance with the breaking patterns SO(3,1)→O(3)SO(3,1)\to O(3) and SO(3,1)→O(2)SO(3,1)\to O(2), describing 3+1 and 2+1 quantum gravity, respectively, is proposed. A complex time dependent Schrödinger equation (generalized Wheeler-DeWitt equation) for the wave function of the universe exists in the spontaneously broken symmetry phase at Planck energy and in the early universe, uniting quantum mechanics and general relativity. An explanation of the second law of thermodynamics and the spontaneous creation of matter in the early universe can be obtained in the symmetry broken phase of gravity.

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