Quantum Gravity Boundary Terms from the Spectral Action of Noncommutative Space

Ali H. Chamseddine and Alain Connes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 071302 – Published 17 August 2007

Abstract

We study the boundary terms of the spectral action of the noncommutative space, defined by the spectral triple dictated by the physical spectrum of the standard model, unifying gravity with all other fundamental interactions. We prove that the spectral action predicts uniquely the gravitational boundary term required for consistency of quantum gravity with the correct sign and coefficient. This is a remarkable result given the lack of freedom in the spectral action to tune this term.

  • Received 12 May 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.071302

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ali H. Chamseddine1,3 and Alain Connes2,3,4

  • 1Physics Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • 2College de France, 3 rue Ulm, F75005, Paris, France
  • 3Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifique F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France
  • 4Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, USA

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Vol. 99, Iss. 7 — 17 August 2007

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