Beyond Riemannian Geometry in Classical and Quantum Gravity
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2022) | Viewed by 14018
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantum gravity; general relativity; differential geometry; theoretical physics
Interests: general relativity; Finsler and hamilton geometry; quantum gravity phenomenology; modified dispersion relations; modified gravity teleparallel gravity; the geometry of gauge theories and fibre bundles; classical and quantum premetric electrodynamics
Interests: Finsler geometry and applications; calculus of variations on manifolds; extended theories of gravity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The beneficial interaction of mathematics and physics can particularly be seen in the use of geometry in theoretical physics, where geometric concepts are well established. The geometry of principle bundles describes gauge field theories in the standard model of particle physics as well as in the study of the properties of media in solid-state physics, while in the framework of general relativity the gravitational interaction is identified with the semi-Riemannian (Lorentzian) geometry of spacetime.
The identification of spacetime geometry and gravity leads directly to the question of whether further geometric frameworks exist which could improve the description of gravity compared to Lorentzian geometry, in view of the still-missing self-consistent quantization of gravity and unexplained phenomena such as dark energy and dark matter.
This Special Issue aims to assemble an overview of the use of geometric concepts which go beyond semi-Riemannian geometry in their description of classical and quantum gravity.
We welcome contributions which present a review of different geometric concepts and their application to gravitational physics as well as new research articles and essays on the relation between gravity and geometry.
Dr. Marco Danilo Claudio Torri
Dr. Christian Pfeifer
Dr. Nicoleta Voicu
Guest Editors
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