Gravitational strings beyond quantum theory: Electron as a closed heterotic string

Abstract

The observable parameters of the electron indicate unambiguously that its gravitational background should be the Kerr-Newman solution without horizons. This background is not flat and has a non-trivial topology created by the Kerr singular ring. This ring was identified with a closed gravitational string. We discuss the relation of this string to the closed heterotic string of the low energy string theory and show that traveling waves along the KN string give rise to the Dirac theory of electron. Gravitational strings form a bridge between gravity and quantum theory, indicating a new way to consistent Quantum Gravity. We explain the pointlike experimental exhibition of the electron and argue that the predicted closed string may be observed by the novel experimental method of the "nonforward" Compton scattering.