Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3284402· OSTI ID:21371384

Carlip, Steven ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)

Several lines of evidence suggest that quantum gravity at very short distances may behave effectively as a two-dimensional theory. I summarize these hints, and offer an additional argument based on the strong-coupling limit of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. The resulting scenario suggests a novel approach to quantum gravity at the Planck scale.

• OSTI ID: 21371384
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1196, Issue 1; Conference: 25. Max Born symposium, Wroclaw (Poland), 29 Jun - 3 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3284402; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DISTANCE
INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PROBABILITY
QUANTUM GRAVITY
RENORMALIZATION
STRONG-COUPLING MODEL
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
CALCULATION METHODS
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY