Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Physics and Space Science Volume 13 Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2013 Type : Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896
The Dark Side of Gravity By Frederic Henry-Couannier
Abstract - Adopting a non geometrical point of view, we are led to an alternative theory of the order two and symmetric gravitational tensor field of GR. Considering our spacetime to be flat and non dynamical, this field can no more be interpreted as its metric. The true metric is a globally Minkowskian background, a context which justifies a genuine Rehabilitation of the global discrete spacetime symmetries involved in the structure of the Lorentz group along with their 'problematic' representations: the negative energy And tachyonic ones. It turns out that about this background our gravitational field must appear in two discrete symmetry reversal conjugate forms, different but non independent symmetric order two tensors which must be treated on the same footing in our actions. The discrete symmetry reversal invariant actions, equations and their conjugate solutions are obtained. The conjugate form generates a Dark Side of
Gravity. Indeed, matter living there can only interact antigravitationally with matter on our side.We show that stability is granted. In this Dark Gravity theory (DG), the new Schwarzschild solution in vacuum only starts to differ from that of General Relativity at the Post-Post-Newtonian order. DG does not violate WEP and though it violates SEP, the theory passes all present SEP no violation tests except the Pioneer anomalous blue-shift one, an SEP violating effect which is a natural outcome. Keywords : negative energies, time reversal, tachyons, anti-gravity. PACKS : 04.50.Kd. GJSFR-A Classification : FOR Code: 010505p, 260201
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The Dark Side of Gravity
Frederic Henry-Couannier
Abstract - Adopting a non geometrical point of view, we are nevertheless wanted to come back on the less led to an alternative theory of the order two and symmetric conventional mathematical option i.e. that the time gravitational tensor field of GR. Considering our spacetime to reversal operator be unitary which not surprisingly be flat and non dynamical, this field can no more be reintroduces negative energy fields. We then noticed interpreted as its metric. The true metric is a globally that, since there is no way to reverse a scalar field Minkowskian background, a context which justifies a genuine 13
Hamiltonian sign under time reversal, it is impossible to rehabilitation of the global discrete spacetime symmetries 0 involved in the structure of the Lorentz group along with their reach a coherent description of unitary time reversal at 2
'problematic' representations: the negative energy and least in a non-gravitational framework. r ea tachyonic ones. It turns out that about this background our We here propose a modified theory of gravity on Y gravitational field must appear in two discrete symmetry flat spacetime which extends, clarifies and explores in reversal conjugate forms, different but non independent much more details some of our ideas already published 1 symmetric order two tensors which must be treated on the in Ref. 2 to solve the issue at a classical level and show same footing in our actions. The discrete symmetry reversal that it leads to a knew understanding of time reversal invariant actions, equations and their conjugate solutions are and by the way 'the problematic' negative energy and obtained. The conjugate form generates a Dark Side of Gravity. Indeed, matter living there can only interact tachyonic representations of the Lorentz group. The V antigravitationally with matter on our side.We show that reader is referred to Ref. 1 for our detailed investigation III of negative energies and time reversal restricted to non stability is granted. In this Dark Gravity theory (DG), the new ue ersion I
s Schwarzschild solution in vacuum only starts to differ from that gravitational QFT. In the next section, we only remind the s of General Relativity at the Post-Post-Newtonian order. DG main conclusions of this study. An interesting analysis I
XII does not violate WEP and though it violates SEP, the theory can also be found in Ref. 5. XIII passes all present SEP no violation tests except the Pioneer anomalous blue-shift one, an SEP violating effect which is a II. Negative Energies and Motivations natural outcome. No horizon (no Black Hole) arises in the for an Alternative Theory of Schwarzschild solution. A discontinuity of the gravitational field seems to be propagating in the solar system. Depending on Gravity A
its present position, new gravitomagnetic effects well within the () accuracy of the Gravity Probe B experiment might be Let us gather the main information we learned observed in place of the GR frame dragging one. A spatially from our investigation in Ref. 1 of negative energies in flat universe accelerated expansion phase is obtained without Relativistic QFT indicating that the correct theoretical resorting to inflation nor a cosmological constant and the Big- framework for handling them should be a modified GR. Research Volume Bang singularity is avoided. A helicity zero wave solution is obtained leading to the same binary pulsar decay rate as a) TheoreticaI Motivations observed and predicted by GR. The context is also promising In second quantization, all relativistic field to help us elucidate several outstanding cosmological equations admit genuine negative energy field solutions Frontier enigmas such as the flat galactic rotation curves. creating and annihilating negative energy quanta. Keywords : negative energies, time reversal, tachyons, Unitary time reversal links these fields to the positive
energy ones. With the unitary choice, usual for all other Science anti-gravity. PACKS : 04.50.Kd.
symmetries in physics, reversing time does not mean of I. Introduction going backward intime anymore. Positive and negative
n special relativity, it is a well known and obvious energy fields vacuum divergences we encounter after
result that the energy, being the time component of a second quantization are unsurprisingly found to be Journal Ifour-vector must flip its sign under time reversal. It exactly opposite. The negative energy fields action must was also soon recognised however that negative energy be maximized. However, there is no way to reach a
Global objects lead to intolerable instabilities in our theories coherent theory involving negative energies in a non- and should be discarded. In a quantum framework this gravitational framework. Indeed, if positive and negative energy scalar fields are time reversal conjugate, also is easily done thanks to the complex conjugation involved in the antiunitary time reversal operator of our must be their Hamiltonian densities and actions. But for a scalar field, the Hamiltonian density is simply a sum of Quantum Field Theories which avoids the generation of negative energies under time reversal. In Ref. 1 we squarred terms so there is obviously no way to make it flip its sign under time reversal, at least in a non Author : CPPM, 163 Avenue De Luminy, Marseille 13009 France. gravitational context. However, when gravity comes into E-mail : [email protected] the game, gμν terms are expected in the Hamiltonian
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expression and their behaviour under time reversal Finally, even neglecting the former instability might lead us to a solution to this issue. But this solution issue, allowing both positive and negative energy virtual certainly cannot be found in GR because it is a bosons to propagate an interaction simply makes it geometric theory of spacetime : global spacetime vanish. Because electromagnetic, weak and strong symmetries and their associated Noether currents are interactions propagated by positive energy bosons will lost and in particular, time reversal is no more the well be isolated from the ones propagated by negative defined global symmetry it was in flat spacetime. energy bosons, each being restricted to a different side Therefore we must find a new theory of gravitation on a of our gravitational barrier, the vanishing interaction flat spacetime background (we shall name it Dark issue remains a concern only for gravity in DG. Gravity or DG) in order to hopefully rehabilitate negative However, the gravity interaction also will be treated very energy objects. differently in DG than it is in GR so that this unpleasant
feature, expected when gravitons of both energy signs b) Phenomenological Motivations 2013 can participate to the interaction, will also be avoided In a standalone mirror negative energy world here. which fields remain non coupled to our world positive Year energy fields, stability is insured and the behavior of III. Theories of Gravity on Flat 2 matter and radiation is as usual. Hence, it is just a Spacetime matter of convention to define each one as a positive or negative energy world as was already noticed by Linde Understanding negative energies as explained (Ref. 6 7). Otherwise, if the two worlds are allowed to in the previous section is a strong motivation for looking interact, both signs of the energy being involved in this for a flat spacetime theory of gravity but constructing a V interaction, a promising new phenomenology can be viable quantum theory of gravity is an even stronger
III expected. Indeed, many outstanding enigmas seem to one. Indeed, in the seventies, due to the increasing
ue ersion I be suggesting that repelling gravity might play an difficulties in trying to reach a coherent theory of important role in physics: flat galactic rotation curves, quantum gravity, many theorists were led to the the flatness and acceleration (Ref. 8) of the universe, its conviction that we might have to come back to a flat voids...But negative energy particles never manifested spacetime theory of gravity and there were many themselves up to now in our detectors, also suggesting attempts along this line. After all, geometric that a barrier is at work preventing the two worlds to considerations play no role in the derivation of GR which interact except through gravity. The DG theory only rests on the general covariance requirement and framework will involve by construction such a barrier. the equivalence principle: covariantization which
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() The concordant cosmological SM is of course introduces g μν (and its derivatives) in place of η μν is successfull in its confrontation with as many precision just required to get equations valid in any general observables as are the CMB, LSS, BAO and primordial coordinate system and the equivalence principle is elements abundances but this is at the price of needed to physically interpret g μν not only as a Research Volume XIII Iss simplicity since many added components and ideas of pseudoforce field but as a real interaction field: the field different kinds along with their free parameters enter into of gravity for which the Einstein Hilbert action is the the game. These are dark energy, dark matter, inflation, simplest one to add in order to make it dynamical. Frontier some of them remaining badly understood and This is all we need to get a complete GR and it's introducing new issues such as the fine tuning and only afterwards that we are tempted to interpret g μν coincidence problems. The impression that this as the genuine metric of spacetime when we realize
Science construction is at least effective if not epicyclic has that this gravitational field affects the space and time
of therefore recently motivated the research for alternative intervals we measure and has, as any order two theories of gravity such as MOND (Ref. 9) and its symmetric tensor field, the required mathematical relativistic extension TeVeS (Ref. 10). Part of our properties for that. However, following this geometrical motivation for DG is similar. viewpoint clearly hinders the construction of any field theory with more than one symmetric order two tensor c) A Modified GR to Circumvent the Main Issues field without postulating the existence of extra A trivial cancellation between positive and Global Journal negative vacuum divergences is not acceptable since dimensions because two such fields describing different the Casimir effect shows evidence for vacuum geometries could not at the same time be the metric of fluctuations. But in DG we might hopefully get our four dimensional spacetime. Such limitation is very cancellations of vacuum gravitational effects only. unnatural from the usual field theoretic approach where Also, a generic catastrophic instability issue we felt free to introduce as many fields of any type as we arises whenever positive and negative energy fields are wanted and comes from the fact that the geometrical allowed to interact. Restricting the stability issue to the interpretation of GR gives the g μν field a very special modified gravity of DG, we shall show why this status which were not necessary at all in the derivation disastrous scenario is avoided. of GR from first principles. This gap between the so
©2013 Global Journals Inc. (US) The Dark Side of Gravity interpreted gμν and the other fields is also probably one possibility is crucially based on satisfying a new of the main obstacles to unification. essential symmetry that went unnoticed in the 70's Fortunately, it still remains possible to adopt a attempts and that our Dark Gravity theory is the minimal non geometrical viewpoint for GR i.e. we could still one that respects this symmetry. consider that the gravitational field has nothing to do IV. Conjugate Worlds Gravitational with deformations of spacetime itself which remains flat with true metric the globally Minkowskian η μν . Just as Coupling in optical geometry, where we do not understand the Now let us settle down the basic principles of curved trajectory of a light ray in a varying index medium DG. As usual for any order two tensor, symmetric and as the effect of a deformed spacetime but as the g covariant gravitational field μν we define its inverse, the consequence of the interaction of light with the fields −1 μν contravariant g . But since g μν is not understood to
involved in this medium, just in the same way do we 13
be the metric of spacetime, the latter is a contravariant 0 consider all the effects of gravity on our observables as 2 tensor g˜ μν but not the gμν tensor one would obtain due to mere interactions of our clocks and rods with the r g η by raising μν indices using the true metric μν ea field g μν , as any other field in a theory with flat space . g Y time background η μν . Though the Ricci scalar one builds from μν and −1 μν However, as has been often pointed out, g is of course left unchanged by the pure 3 −1 μν ˜μν = μρ νσ˜ because η μν is absent from GR equations, there is no pure renaming of g into g η η g ρσ , way to observationally distinguish the geometrical from this rewriting reveals the existence of a second form of the non geometrical point of view so that this issue the field, still an order two symmetric covariant tensor
gμν gμν remains one of metaphysics in the case of GR. But, different but not independent from : this is V ˜ −1 ρσ μρ νσ −1 taking serious the flat spacetime metric η μν makes it gμν = ημρ ηνσ g =[η η gρσ] . Thus the III possible and even necessary to build different kinds of Janus gravitational field, like the Janus god, has two ue ersion I ˜ s alternative theories of gravity. The so called multimetric faces, g μν and gμν linked by the above manifestly s theories exploit the fact that g μν , if it can still be a I covariant and background dependent relation. As the XII metric topologically defined on our spacetime is not following simple picture (where moving vertically XIII considered as the metric of this spacetime, the inverses the tensors, and diagonally raises or lowers geometry defined by this metric having nothing to do η their indices with μν ) makes it obvious, the two forms with the geometrical properties of spacetime which true play perfectly equivalent roles relative to the background metric is η μν . Then we are free to introduce as many η μν metric so should be treated on the same footing in gμν A fields of the type as we want on a manifold without our actions if we dont want to artificially destroy the () having to make appeal to extra manifolds or extra- basic symmetry of the picture under their permutation. dimensions. Following this line of thinking, Petit (Ref. 12 −1 μν −1 μν with references therein) has built a bimetric theory which g g˜ associated phenomenology is very similar to the one we Research Volume shall derive in DG. See also a review in Ref. 13 and ˜ gμν gμν references therein. S. Hossenfelder (Ref. 52) has also
gμν g˜ recently initiated a study of anti-gravitation following Symmetrizing the roles of and μν will be Frontier probably the closest approach to the one followed here performed by simply adding to the usual GR action, the ˜ as far as we know. In Rosen's (Ref. 14) approach, the similar action built from g μν and its inverse. Indeed, it is ˜ true flat spacetime metric η μν was explicitely intro possible to have a connection compatible with g μν just in Science -duced in the action. This theory is reviewed by C.M the same way as we had one compatible with g μν and
of will (Ref. 15) and found to be ruled out by tests of the exploit the mathematical apparatus of GR to constrain
Strong Equivalence Principle (SEP) due to its the general coordinate scalar built out of this form and background dependence. Because generically all its derivatives, another Ricci scalar. The theory that ˜ Journal background dependent theories are in trouble with the follows from symmetrizing the roles of gμν and g μν is DG very constraining tests of SEP, the flat spacetime (or which turns out to be essentially the other option of a background dependent) approach was progressively binary choice that must be done at the level of the Global given up. DG is also a background dependent theory conceptual fondations of a covariant theory of a and it also violates SEP, though most such violations symmetricorder two tensor field: either the spacetime remain too small to be detectable thanks to fortunate is curved with metric g μν and we get GR, or it is flat with compensations of the largest SEP violating terms in our background metric η μν and we get DG! GR actually just field equations, as we shall show. corresponds to the special case where g andη identify
In the following sections, we argue that not only in which case, taking the inverse is equivalent to twice the building of a theory involving both g μν and η μν is raising or lowering the indices with the space- = possible without conflicting with present observational time metric g μν η μν . At last, even if we did not
Post-Newtonian constraints but moreover that this consider from the begining thatημν is the true metric of
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spacetime, in presence of this background the GR energy-momentum pseudotensors. This was also gravitational field g μν , automatically acquires its Rosen's initial motivationfor prefering flat spacetime ˜ "inverse form", g μν with a priori perfectly symmetric role and many others followed him in this way (see Ref. 16 to play. If both are gravitational fields, i.e. if both are as 17 and references therein). We can also rehabilitate usual minimally coupled to a distinct class of matter and global space and time reversal symmetries which are radiation fields (F fields propagating along gμν now well defined discrete symmetries along with their ˜ geodesics and F ˜ fields propagating along gμν associated negative energy and tachyonic geodesics), hence determine the space and time representations. We anticipate that we will have the intervals measured by clocks and rods made from these good surprise to notice after solving our equations that fields, g μν could a priori be considered as the genuine the two faces of our Janus field solutions will be related
metric of spacetime by the observer living in g μν while by obvious discrete spacetime symmetries. For
( ˜ ( ( the observer living in gμν would certainly favour this instance, the g μν t and g˜ μν ( t cosmological solutions
2013 latter form, even more if he knows nothing about the will be found to be conjugate under time reversal in the g existence of μν . The two forms are incompatible in the coordinate system where η μν = diag ( − 1 , +1 , +1 , +1).
Year sense that these in general describe a different We can already try to deeper understand the geometry so only one of the two might be the genuine meaning of g μν and g˜μν being linked by a global 4 metric of spacetime but since none should be preferred spacetime discrete symmetry. From any reference GR it only remains η μν to, may be, play the central role of textbook such as Ref. 23 we learned that in a locally this true spacetime metric. inertial coordinate systemξα , the propertime dτ satisfies Then, we have to distinguish between those ˜ 2 α β V g fields coupling to μν and the others, coupling to dτ = ηαβdξ dξ (1) g μν . These matter and radiation fields of two mirror III standard models respectively living in the two different and of cour se we are free to perform the replacement ue ersion I forms of the gravity field never meet since they do not α dξα = ∂ξ dxµ to get the proper time couple to each other. However, the relation between the ∂xµ −1 ρσ conjugate forms, g˜μν = η μρ η νσ [ g ] , indirectly and ∂ξα ∂ξβ invisibly connects F and ˜ and allows these fields to 2 = ( μ) μ ν ≡ F dτ gμν x dx dx gμν ηαβ μ ν (2) interact antigravitationally as we shall check later since a ∂x ∂x positive mass induced curvature of one form translates expressed in any general coordinate system x μ. In these into a negative mass induced curvature of the conjugate expressions the inertial coordinates are understood to
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form. It is already clear why the gravitational barrier
() be functions of the general chosen coordinates:
( involved in DG explains the non detection of these α α μ ( = ( μ ξ = ξ (x as well as gμν gμν x .But we could as "negative mass" particles and isolates the stability issue μ in the gravitational sector: these live on the other side of well have chosen another coordinate system x to write
Research Volume XIII Iss gravity preventing them from interacting weakly, strongly α β or electromagnetically with our side particles. 2 μ μ ν ∂ξ ∂ξ dτ = g (x )dx dx g = ηαβ (3) But DG not only has two sectors, two mirror μν μν ∂x μ ∂x ν ˜
Frontier Standard Models of particles and Fields F and F living in g and g˜ respectively, one of which implying the aIt was sh own by Straumann in Ref. 40 that the building of a spin existence of irremediably dark repelling matter from our two hμν field theory over flat space-time automatically leads to identify side point of view. The introduction of an additional a metric field and that its action turns out to be nothing but the Science ˜ Einstein-Hilbert action of GR. It follows that GR is the only theory of Einstein Hilbert action for the conjugate formg also such spin two field perturbation over flat space time, an argument of modifies the geometric side of the Einstein equation which has been used to deny the validity of DG. The obvious fact that −1 ρσ ˜ after exploiting g˜ μν = ημρ η νσ [ g ] in order to eliminate our action is eventually not the GR action after eliminating gμν simply ˜ tells us that DG is in no way the spin two theory over flat space-time gμν . But this will have mainly PostPostNewtonian Straumann started from. The deep reason why it is not is the gauge consequences, only non negligible in the cosmological invariance requirement of the Straumann spin two theory, which is not and strong gravity domains. a meaningful in DG since it is not the general covariant theory of a single field, but of two separate fields gμν and the non dynamical ημν . Global Journal V. Global Spacetime Disc rete Thus DG is not invariant under an infinitesimal general coordinate transformation that only applies togμν and not separately toημν , such Symmetries general coordinate invariance condition being the one that usually translates into the gauge invariance requirement for hμν entering in Since we are working on a globally flat non g μν = η μν + h μν (the invariance of ημν under infinitesimal dynamical spacetime we will be free to use the flat transformations was recognised as an important drawback of the spacetime tools to build the Noether currents perturbative treatment even in the context of GR: Ref. 73). By the way, having lost the usual gauge invariance of gravity in DG also puts under associated with global symmetries and obtain genuine question a pilar of quantum field theory: gauge invariance as a energy-momentum tensors not to be confused with the building tool toward a theory of the electromagnetic or any other field.
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Where of course the inertial coordinates ξα are Time reversal invariance is therefore only
still the same as in (2) though we can now consider insured provided we add to the GR actions the ones