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Physicists Develop New Theory That Could Finally Unify Gravity with Other Fundamental Forces todayheadline

May 6, 2025
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In what may prove to be a groundbreaking advancement in theoretical physics, researchers from Aalto University have developed a revolutionary approach to understanding gravity that could solve one of the field’s most persistent challenges: how to reconcile Einstein’s theory of gravity with the quantum field theories that describe the other fundamental forces of nature.

The new theory, dubbed “unified gravity,” represents a significant departure from previous attempts to quantize gravity by introducing the concept of a “space-time dimension field” and using mathematical structures similar to those that successfully describe the other three fundamental forces in the Standard Model of particle physics.

“Our goal was to bring the gauge theory of gravity as close as possible to the gauge theory formulation of the Standard Model,” explain researchers Mikko Partanen and Jukka Tulkki in their paper published in Reports on Progress in Physics.

Unlike previous approaches to quantum gravity that rely on non-compact, infinite-dimensional symmetries, unified gravity utilizes compact, finite-dimensional symmetries known as U(1) gauge symmetries. This approach mirrors the mathematical framework that has proven so successful in describing electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces.

Mikko Partanen and Jukka Tulkki

The theory’s foundations rest on a new way of understanding how space-time itself emerges from underlying quantum fields. The researchers introduced what they call a “space-time dimension field,” which allows them to extract four-dimensional space-time quantities from eight-dimensional mathematical structures known as spinors.

One of the theory’s most intriguing aspects is that it introduces no new free parameters beyond the physical constants already determined by previous experiments. This remarkable property stands in contrast to other proposed theories of quantum gravity, such as string theory, which typically involve numerous unverified parameters.

“The theory is expressed in terms of known physical constants, and all results are quantitative and can be directly compared with the results of possible future laboratory experiments or astronomical observations,” the researchers note.

The classical limit of unified gravity is equivalent to what physicists call “teleparallel equivalent of general relativity,” meaning it agrees with all established observations and experiments that have confirmed Einstein’s theory of general relativity. These include the precession of Mercury’s orbit, the bending of light around the Sun, and more recent measurements of gravitational waves.

Perhaps most significantly, the researchers have shown that their theory appears to be renormalizable at the quantum level, at least up to one-loop order in perturbation theory. Renormalizability has been the persistent obstacle for previous quantum gravity theories, as it determines whether a theory can provide meaningful predictions at all energy scales without producing mathematical infinities that render calculations impossible.

Professor Tulkki emphasized that they still need to extend their proof of renormalizability to all loop orders, but the consistent mathematical structure of the theory strongly suggests this should be possible. “The dimensionless coupling constant of unified gravity strongly suggests that the theory is renormalizable,” he explained.

In addition to potentially solving theoretical problems, unified gravity could eventually help answer profound questions about the universe’s most extreme environments, such as the interiors of black holes and the first moments after the Big Bang.

The theory also makes specific predictions about how gravity would modify quantum effects that could be tested experimentally. For example, the researchers calculated how gravitational interactions would contribute to corrections in the Coulomb potential, the magnetic moment of electrons, and even the scattering of elementary particles.

While the mathematical foundations appear promising, the researchers acknowledge that significant challenges remain. The lack of experimental data on quantum gravity, due to the weakness of gravitational interaction, has limited progress in the field. However, as experimental techniques advance, there may be opportunities to test some of the theory’s predictions in coming years.

Physics has long sought a consistent quantum theory of gravity that would complete our understanding of the fundamental forces. If unified gravity withstands further theoretical scrutiny and experimental tests, it could represent the culmination of this quest, finally bringing gravity into the same theoretical framework that has so successfully described the other fundamental forces of nature.

“After extending the proof of renormalizability of the theory to all loop orders and obtaining further understanding of the nonperturbative regime of the theory, physicists may finally have the long-sought tool for the investigation of intense gravitational fields in black holes and at the possible beginning of time,” the researchers conclude.

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