On the possible similarity of electroweak and gravitational interactions

E.A. Pashitskii and V.I. Pentegov

Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences 46 Nauki Ave., Kiev 03028, Ukraine
E-mail: pashitsk@iop.kiev.ua
pentegov@iop.kiev.ua
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Received April 14, 2020, published online June 26, 2020

Based on the coincidence of the dimensions of the Newton's gravitational constant G_N and the Fermi's phenomenological constant G_F for weak forces in the natural system of units (ħ = c = 1), a version of the quantum field theory of gravity is proposed, similar in structure to the theory of the unified electroweak interaction by Glashow–Salam–Weinberg.

Key words: gravitational interaction, quantum field theory, bosons, general theory of relativity.

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