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BaezHuerta said:On the other hand, Schreiber [70] has argued that for any Lie 2-group G , the
3-group I N N (G ) allows us to define a version of parallel transport for particles, strings and 2-branes starting from an arbitrary g-valued 1-form A and h-valued 2-form B. The condition dt(B) = F is not required. So, to treat 4d Palatini gravity as a higher gauge theory, perhaps we can treat the basic fields as a 3-connection on an I N N (T SO(3, 1))-3-bundle. To entice the reader into pursuing this line of research, we optimistically dub this 3-group I N N (T (SO(3, 1)) the gravity 3-group.
MTd2 said:They uploaded today to arxiv a paper about this:.
GR, or General Relativity, is a theory that describes the force of gravity as the curvature of space and time. John Baez proposed that this theory can be described using a mathematical concept known as a 3-group gauge theory, which is a type of mathematical structure used to describe interactions between particles.
The 3-group gauge theory provides a mathematical framework for understanding the interactions between particles in GR. It allows us to describe the gravitational force as a gauge field, similar to how other fundamental forces are described in the Standard Model of particle physics.
One benefit is that it provides a unified framework for understanding the fundamental forces of nature, as both the gravitational and other forces can be described using gauge theory. Additionally, it allows for a more elegant and mathematically consistent description of GR.
While the 3-group gauge theory offers a promising approach to describing GR, it is still a developing idea and has not yet been fully tested or accepted by the scientific community. It also requires a high level of mathematical understanding and expertise to fully comprehend and apply.
If proven to be accurate, describing GR as a 3-group gauge theory could potentially have a significant impact on our understanding of the fundamental forces of nature and the structure of the universe. It could also lead to new insights and discoveries in the field of theoretical physics.