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The Maximum Tension Principle in General Relativity

arXiv:hep-th/0210109 · doi:10.1023/A:1022370717626

Abstract

I suggest that classical General Relativity in four spacetime dimensions incorporates a Principal of Maximal Tension and give arguments to show that the value of the maximal tension is . The relation of this principle to other, possibly deeper, maximal principles is discussed, in particular the relation to the tension in string theory. In that case it leads to a purely classical relation between and the classical string coupling constant and the velocity of light which does not involve Planck's constant.

10 pages Latex, no figures. To appear in a special issue of Foundations of Physics celebrating the 30th anniverssary of Jacob Bekenstein's work on Black Hole Thermodynamics

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