Probing Universality Of Gravity
arXiv:gr-qc/0407003 · doi:10.1142/9789812701862_0025
Abstract
I wish to expound a novel perspective of probing universal character of gravity. To begin with, inclusion of zero mass particle in mechanics leads to special relativity while its interaction with a universal force shared by all particles leads to general relativity. The universal nature of force further suggests that it is intrinsically attractive, self interactive and higher dimensional. I argue that the principle of universality could serve as a good guide for future directions.
6 pages, latex, Lecture delivered at the 11th Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics, IPM, Tehran, to appear in the Proceedings