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1. INTRODUCTION
Quantum Gravity was originallystudied, by Dirac and others, as theproblem of quantizing GeneralRelativity. This approach presentsmany difficulties, detailed by Isham[1]. In the 1970's, physicists tried aneven more conventional approach:simplifying Einstein's equations byassuming that they are
almost linear
,and then applying the standardmethods of quantum field theory tothe thus oversimplified equations. Butthis method, too, failed. In the 1980'sa very different approach, known asstring theory, became popular. Thusfar, there are many enthusiasts ofstring theory. But the mathematicaldifficulties in string theory areformidable, and it is far from clear thatthey will be resolved any time soon.At the end of 1997, Isham [2] pointedout several "Structural ProblemsFacing Quantum Gravity Theory". Atthe beginning of this new century,the problem of quantizing thegravitational field was still open.In this work, we propose a newapproach to Quantum Gravity.Starting from the generalization of the
action function
we have derived atheoretical background that leads tothe quantization of gravity. Einstein'sGeneral Relativity equations arededuced directly from this theory ofQuantum Gravity. Also, this theoryleads to a complete description of theElectromagnetic Field, providing aconsistent unification of gravity withelectromagnetism.
2. THEORY
We start with the
action
for afree-particle that, as we know, isgiven by
∫
−=
ba
dsS
α
where
α
is a quantity whichcharacterizes the particle.In Relativistic Mechanics, theaction can be written in the followingform [3]:
dt cV c Ldt S
t t t t
∫ ∫
−−==
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22
1
α
where
22
1
cV c L
−−=
α
is the Lagrange's function.In Classical Mechanics, theLagrange's function for a free-particleis, as we know, given by:where
V
is the speed of the particleand is a quantity
hypothetically
[
2
aV L
=
a
given by:
2
ma
=
where is the mass of the particle.However, there is no distinction aboutthe kind of mass (if
gravitational mass
,, or
inertial mass
) neitherabout its sign
m
g
m
i
m
( )
±
.The correlation between and
a
α
can be established based on thefact that, on the limit , therelativistic expression for
∞→
c
L
must bereduced to the classic expression.The result [
2
aV L
=
cV L
2
2
α
=
.Therefore, if
mcac
=
2
=
α
, we obtain. Now, we must decide if
2
aV L
=
g
mm
=
or
i
mm
=
. We will see in thiswork that the definition of includes. Thus, the right option is , i.e.,
g
m
i
m
g
m.ma
g
2
=
Consequently,
cm
g
=
α
and thegeneralized expression for the actionof a free-particle will have thefollowing form:
( )
1
∫
−=
bag
dscmS
or
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