On The Behavior Of Gravitational Force At Small Scales

Abstract

We point out the idea that, at small scales, gravity can be described by the standard degrees of freedom of general relativity, plus a scalar particle and a degree of freedom of a new type: the fakeon. This possibility leads to fundamental implications in understanding gravitational force at quantum level as well as phenomenological consequences in the corresponding classical theory.

6 pages; this essay received an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Gravity Research Foundation Essays on Gravitation Competition