Physical Consequences of a Theory with Dynamical Volume Element

Guendelman, E. I.; Kaganovich, A. B.

Physical Consequences of a Theory with Dynamical Volume Element

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We survey motivation, basic ideas and physical consequences of a theory where the underlying action involves terms both with the usual volume element $\sqrt{-g}d^{4}x$ and with the new one $Φd^{4}x={4!}dφ_{1}\wedge dφ_{2}\wedge dφ_{3}\wedge dφ_{4}$. The latter may be interpreted as the 4-form determined on the 4-D space-time manifold (not necessary Riemannian). Regarding the scalar fields $φ_{a} (a=1,...4)$ as new dynamical variables and proceeding in the first order formalism we realize the so-called Two Measures Theory which possesses a number of attractive features. We discuss new physical effects which arise from this theory and in particular strong gravity effect in high energy physics experiments.
23 pages, 7 figures, plenary talk given at the Workshop Geometry, Topology, QFT and Cosmology, Paris, 28-30 May 2008