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- Title
Quanta of geometry and unification.
- Authors
Chamseddine, Ali H.
- Abstract
This is a tribute to Abdus Salam's memory whose insight and creative thinking set for me a role model to follow. In this contribution I show that the simple requirement of volume quantization in spacetime (with Euclidean signature) uniquely determines the geometry to be that of a noncommutative space whose finite part is based on an algebra that leads to Pati-Salam grand unified models. The Standard Model corresponds to a special case where a mathematical constraint (order one condition) is satisfied. This provides evidence that Salam was a visionary who was generations ahead of his time.
- Subjects
QUANTIZATION (Physics); SPACETIME; NONCOMMUTATIVE function spaces; CONSTRAINT algorithms; SALAM, Abdus
- Publication
Modern Physics Letters A, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 40, p-1
- ISSN
0217-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217732316300469