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Title: Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Physics Department, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21371384
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1196; Journal 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; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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

Citation Formats

Carlip, Steven. Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3284402.
Carlip, Steven. Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3284402
Carlip, Steven. 2009. "Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3284402.
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title = {Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?},
author = {Carlip, Steven},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3284402},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21371384}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1196,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}