Quantum Gravity and String Theory

    

The Equivalence of Gravity and Gravitational Time Dilation

Authors: René Friedrich

The unsuccessful attempts of quantization of spacetime are corroborating the belief that for the purposes of quantum gravity, the current notion of spacetime must be replaced with a different concept. However, the range of possible alternative approaches is currently restricted by the fact that gravity is considered to be inseparably associated with the concept of curved spacetime. In order to extend this range of possible alternative approaches, it is shown here on the basis of the Schwarzschild metric how gravity may not only be described by the means of curved spacetime but equivalently also in the form of gravitational time dilation in flat, uncurved space.

Comments: 10 Pages. Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2022 Awards for Essays on Gravitation

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