Weak gravity conjecture

Conjecture that gravity must be the weakest force
Modern physics
H ^ | ψ n ( t ) = i d d t | ψ n ( t ) {\displaystyle {\hat {H}}|\psi _{n}(t)\rangle =i\hbar {\frac {d}{dt}}|\psi _{n}(t)\rangle }
G μ ν + Λ g μ ν = κ T μ ν {\displaystyle G_{\mu \nu }+\Lambda g_{\mu \nu }={\kappa }T_{\mu \nu }}
Schrödinger and Einstein field equations
Founders
  • Max Planck
  • Albert Einstein
  • Niels Bohr
  • Max Born
  • Werner Heisenberg
  • Erwin Schrödinger
  • Pascual Jordan
  • Wolfgang Pauli
  • Paul Dirac
  • Ernest Rutherford
  • Louis de Broglie
  • Satyendra Nath Bose
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The weak gravity conjecture (WGC) is a conjecture regarding the strength gravity can have in a theory of quantum gravity relative to the gauge forces in that theory. It roughly states that gravity should be the weakest force in any consistent theory of quantum gravity.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Arkani-Hamed, Nima; Motl, Luboš; Nicolis, Alberto; Vafa, Cumrun (15 June 2007). "The string landscape, black holes and gravity as the weakest force". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2007 (6): 060. arXiv:hep-th/0601001. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/06/060. ISSN 1029-8479.
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